1.8 ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5440, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5440, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all households in postcode 5440 are made up of people living alone, which is far more than the national figure. This area is sparsely populated across a huge region, with a very low typical number of people per home.
1.8
▼ -14.3%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 5440, SA — lower than 99% of areas.
| 5440, SA | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 54.3% of people live alone, a figure that has risen 18 points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home has only 1.8 people, which is well below the South Australian figure of 2.4.
54.3% ▲ +51.1%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5440, SA, 1 person is the majority at 53%; 2 people is next at 32%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.9% of the area, which is higher than most similar places. This proportion has risen 9.9 points since 2011, while couples with children make up 51.4% of families.
14.9% ▲ +197.3%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5440, SA, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (14%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in 5440, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5440/5440-sa/topic/family-households