1.9 ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5472, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5472, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in postcode 5472 are couples without children. This is a place where small households are common, with a high number of people living alone and a typical home size well below the national figure.
1.9
▼ -20.8%
- 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 5472, SA — lower than 95% of areas.
| 5472, SA | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Northern Areas | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are the norm here, with just 1.9 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia. This is driven by a high number of people living alone, which rose to 41.7% since 2011 and is now far above the state average.
41.7% ▲ +60.5%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5472, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (40%), with 5 people at 7%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 52.3% of families. In contrast, one-parent families are very rare at 2.7%, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
2.7% ▼ -77.8%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5472, SA, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 41%.
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 5472, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5472/5472-sa/topic/family-households