2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5550, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5550, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in postcode 5550 live by themselves, making this a place where single-person households are far more common than in most of the country. This high number of lone residents means homes here are typically smaller than the national average, with just 2.3 people per dwelling.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 5550, SA — lower than 71% of areas.
| 5550, SA | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Wakefield | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 37.2% of residents live alone, which is far above the Australian figure of 25.6%. This trend has risen since 2011 and helps explain why household sizes are lower than most areas.
37.2% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5550, SA splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.5% of families here. While one-parent families account for 13.6% of the total, this figure has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
13.6% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5550, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for 5550, SA
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in 5550, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5550/5550-sa/topic/family-households