2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Salisbury North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Salisbury North
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of one-parent families, reaching 24%, is a defining feature of Salisbury North. This is well above both the state and national figures. The area generally sees more people sharing a home than the state average, with the typical household consisting of 2.7 people.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 North — higher than 71% of areas.
| Salisbury North | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5111, SA | 1.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most similar areas, with 2.7 people per household, a figure that has edged up since 2011. About 28% of homes have two people and 25% have one person, while 25% of residents live alone, which is well below the South Australian figure.
25.0% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Salisbury North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (25%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24% of the total, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children, who make up 56.8% of the area, and couples without children at 17.7%.
24.0% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Salisbury North, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families is next at 24%.
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402041048/salisbury-north/topic/family-households