2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5521, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5521, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in postcode 5521 are occupied by just one person. This level of single-person living is among the highest for similar areas and far exceeds the national figure. These trends have shifted the area toward much smaller households over the last decade.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 5521, SA — lower than 86% of areas.
| 5521, SA | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Port Pirie | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 52.5% of people live alone, a figure that rose 25 points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home in the area now holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
52.5% ▲ +91.0%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5521, SA, 1 person is the majority at 56%; 2 people is next at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and has risen by 5.5 points since 2011.
13.6% ▲ +68.8%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5521, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 5521, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5521/5521-sa/topic/family-households