2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5690, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5690, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in postcode 5690 are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area has a high number of one-parent families and people living alone compared to other regions. These trends show a diverse mix of household structures across the region.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 5690, SA — higher than 57% of areas.
| 5690, SA | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Maralinga Tjarutja | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.8% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and has risen since 2011. The typical home holds 2.5 people, a figure that has barely changed in a decade.
30.8% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5690, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.6% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has grown by 2.8 percentage points since the last census.
18.6% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5690, SA, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 5690, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5690/5690-sa/topic/family-households