2.3 ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Edwardstown · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Edwardstown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Edwardstown are occupied by people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This makes it an area where single-person households are much more common than in most other places. While the typical home holds 2.3 people, this number has risen slightly since 2011.
2.3
▲ +9.5%
- 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 Edwardstown — lower than 71% of areas.
| Edwardstown | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5039, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.2% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high proportion of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is lower than in most areas.
35.2% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Edwardstown splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.2%, which is higher than in most areas and slightly above the Australian average.
15.2% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Edwardstown, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Edwardstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/403021058/edwardstown/topic/family-households