2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5640, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5640, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are common in postcode 5640, where nearly a third of residents live alone. This makes the area's typical home smaller than most across the state and country. While the number of people per home has edged up slightly since 2011, it remains a place where single-person living is far more frequent than the national average.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 5640, SA — lower than 79% of areas.
| 5640, SA | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Cleve | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.9% of people here live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in the area has only 2.2 people, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.
32.9% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5640, SA, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52% of families, but one-parent families are much less common here than elsewhere. At 7.7%, this is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8% and has fallen by 2.3 points since 2011.
7.7% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5640, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 5640, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5640/5640-sa/topic/family-households