2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5480, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5480, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of residents in postcode 5480 live by themselves, a figure well above the national average. This creates a landscape where small households are common, though the overall number of people per home has edged up slightly since 2011.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 5480, SA — lower than 71% of areas.
| 5480, SA | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Northern Areas | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 33.5% of households consisting of one person, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. Consequently, the typical home is smaller than most, holding 2.3 people.
33.5% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5480, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (33%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples, with 54.3% having children and 33.8% without. One-parent families make up 11.1% of the total, a figure that has risen since 2011 but remains well below the state and national averages.
11.1% ▲ +38.0%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5480, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 5480, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5480/5480-sa/topic/family-households