1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5723, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5723, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in postcode 5723 are occupied by people living alone, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct housing landscape where small households are the norm and the typical home holds fewer people than most other areas in Australia.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 5723, SA — lower than 95% of areas.
| 5723, SA | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 1.9 people live in the typical home, which is well below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is driven by a high proportion of single-person households, which rose to 52.4% in 2021.
52.4% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 49.0%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 5723, SA, 1 person is the majority at 53%; 2 people is next at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.0% of the area, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national average. This is a notable increase from 2011, when one-parent families accounted for 13.7% of the total.
19.0% ▲ +39.0%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5723, SA, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 5723, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5723/5723-sa/topic/family-households