2.5 ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5552, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5552, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than 11% of families in postcode 5552 are headed by a single parent, a figure well below the national average. This area sees a high proportion of couples with children, and the typical home now holds more people than it did a decade ago.
2.5
▲ +25.0%
- 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 5552, SA — higher than 57% of areas.
| 5552, SA | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Yorke Peninsula | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in the area have grown larger, with the usual number of people per home rising from 2.0 in 2011 to 2.5 today. While two-person households are most common at 40.9%, the share of people living alone has dropped sharply by 19 percentage points since 2011.
25.2% ▼ -43.3%
Lower than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5552, SA, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 5 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.6%. The proportion of one-parent families is much lower than in most other areas, having fallen from 21.8% in 2011 to 10.7%.
10.7% ▼ -50.8%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5552, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 5552, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5552/5552-sa/topic/family-households