2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Salisbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Salisbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of people in Salisbury live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes sits alongside a significant proportion of one-parent families. Together, these figures highlight a local housing landscape with a strong presence of solo-led households.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Salisbury — lower than 57% of areas.
| Salisbury | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5108, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Salisbury holds 2.5 people, a figure that has edged up since 2011. While 31.6% of households consist of just one person, about 29.5% contain two people.
31.6% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Salisbury splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.1% of the area, which is much higher than most other areas and well above the South Australian rate of 14.8%. This figure has fallen slightly by 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
21.1% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Salisbury, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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 Salisbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402041046/salisbury/topic/family-households