2.0 ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Norwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Norwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes shape daily life in Norwood, where 40.1% of homes are occupied by just one person. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%, making it one of the areas with the fewest people per home in the region.
2.0
▲ +5.3%
- 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 Norwood — lower than 93% of areas.
| Norwood | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5067, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold only 2.0 people, which is well below the Australian average of 2.5. This trend is driven by a very high proportion of single-person households, though this figure has fallen slightly since 2011.
40.1% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Norwood, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.5% of families, while those without children account for 36.7%. One-parent families make up 12.8% of the total, which is a little below the South Australian figure and has fallen since 2011.
12.8% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Norwood, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (13%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Norwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/401051017/norwood/topic/family-households