1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Adelaide · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in North Adelaide
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in North Adelaide than in the rest of the state, with 41.7% of households consisting of a single person. This creates a distinct profile for the area, where small household sizes and a high number of couples without children are the norm.
1.9
→ 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 North Adelaide — lower than 96% of areas.
| North Adelaide | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5006, SA | 1.9 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With only 1.9 people per home, North Adelaide has one of the lowest densities of residents per dwelling in the region. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, and the proportion of people living alone has risen to 41.7% since 2011.
41.7% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Adelaide splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (39%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families here are couples without children, at 49.5%. One-parent families make up 9.5% of the total, which is well below both the South Australian and national figures.
9.5% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Adelaide, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 North Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/401011002/north-adelaide/topic/family-households