2.5 ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5642, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5642, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and more people per household are common in postcode 5642, though single-person living is on the rise. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, there is a growing number of residents living alone.
2.5
▼ -13.8%
- 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 5642, SA — higher than 57% of areas.
| 5642, SA | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Cleve | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.2% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure and has risen by 9.5 points since 2011. Overall household size has dropped from 2.9 people in 2011 to 2.5 today.
30.2% ▲ +45.6%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5642, SA splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (31%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.9% of families here. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas at 6.8%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
6.8% ▲ +159.1%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5642, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 5642, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5642/5642-sa/topic/family-households