1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5522, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5522, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes are a defining feature of postcode 5522, where people per home are among the lowest at this level. This is a place where many residents live in very small groups, with the typical home holding just 1.9 people.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 5522, SA — lower than 95% of areas.
| 5522, SA | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Barunga West | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 39% of people live alone, a figure far above the national average and one that has risen since 2011. This explains why the area is well below the Australian figure for people per home.
38.9% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5522, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families here. One-parent families account for only 9.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
9.0% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5522, SA, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 5522, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5522/5522-sa/topic/family-households