1.8 ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5581, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5581, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Thirty-seven per cent of people live alone in postcode 5581, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area an outlier for single-person households, resulting in a very small typical household size. Most homes here are occupied by just one or two people.
1.8
▼ -10.0%
- 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 5581, SA — lower than 99% of areas.
| 5581, SA | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Yorke Peninsula | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in this area are much smaller than those across Australia, with only 1.8 people per home. This trend has continued since 2011, while the number of people living alone has risen to 37.0%, which is well above the South Australian figure.
37.0% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5581, SA, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 37%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the vast majority of families here at 71.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 6.1% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
6.1% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5581, SA, Couples without children is the majority at 71%; Couples with children is next at 21%.
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 5581, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5581/5581-sa/topic/family-households