1.8 → 0.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Adelaide · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Adelaide
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Adelaide are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out as a place of small households, with a typical home holding only 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.8
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Adelaide — lower than 99% of areas.
| Adelaide | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 5000, SA | 1.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here, making up 45.3% of the total. This is far above the Australian average of 25.6% and has risen slightly since 2011, helping explain why the number of people per home is among the lowest in the region.
45.3% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 44.0%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Adelaide, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (40%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 57.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.5% of the total, which is lower than most other areas and well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
11.5% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Adelaide, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with 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 Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/401011001/adelaide/topic/family-households