2.9 —
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5632, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5632, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes are more common in postcode 5632 than in most similar areas. The typical household here has 2.9 people, which is higher than both the state and national figures. This trend toward larger households is consistent with the fact that two-thirds of families here are couples with children.
2.9
—
- 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 5632, SA — higher than 89% of areas.
| 5632, SA | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Lower Eyre Peninsula | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than average, though the number of people per home has edged down from 3.0 in 2016 to 2.9. While 23.9% of people live alone, this is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
23.9% —
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5632, SA, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 66.5% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 10.5%, a figure that is well below the national average and has risen by 5.9 percentage points since 2016.
10.5% —
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5632, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 5632, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5632/5632-sa/topic/family-households