2.2 —
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5493, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5493, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 45.5% of families in postcode 5493 are couples without children, reflecting a landscape where small households are common. This area is mostly made up of two-person homes, and the typical household size is lower than the national figure.
2.2
—
- 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 5493, SA — lower than 79% of areas.
| 5493, SA | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Peterborough | 1.9 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home here has 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas. While 31.0% of people live alone—well above the national figure—this is down 9.5 percentage points since 2016.
31.0% —
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5493, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.8% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This is a sharp drop from 2016, when one-parent families accounted for 26.8%.
6.8% —
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →5493, SA splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (47%), with One-parent families at 7%.
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 5493, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5493/5493-sa/topic/family-households