2.0 ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5571, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5571, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are much more common in postcode 5571 than in most similar areas. The typical home here has just 2 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a high number of people living alone.
2.0
▲ +5.3%
- 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 5571, SA — lower than 90% of areas.
| 5571, SA | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Yorke Peninsula | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.7% of people here live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This explains why people per home is among the lowest at this level, though it has edged up slightly since 2011.
34.7% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5571, SA, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (6%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families here. One-parent families account for only 7.5%, which is well below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
7.5% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5571, SA, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 5571, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5571/5571-sa/topic/family-households