1.7 ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5720, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5720, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all households in postcode 5720 are made up of people living alone. This creates a very small average household size for the area, which has shrunk further since 2011. The region is largely defined by single-person homes and couples without children.
1.7
▼ -15.0%
- 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 5720, SA — lower than 99% of areas.
| 5720, SA | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 55.6% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home has only 1.7 people, well below the South Australian average of 2.4.
55.6% ▲ +44.1%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5720, SA, 1 person is the majority at 59%; 2 people is next at 32%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 52.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 3.0% of the total, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen 22 points since 2011.
3.0% ▼ -88.0%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5720, SA, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 42%.
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 5720, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5720/5720-sa/topic/family-households