2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Peterborough - Mount Remarkable · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Peterborough - Mount Remarkable
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people live alone in Peterborough - Mount Remarkable, which is well above the national figure. This creates a landscape of smaller households where the typical home holds just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Peterborough - Mount Remarkable — lower than 89% of areas.
| Peterborough - Mount Remarkable | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5431, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person homes are common here, making up 35.5% of all households, a figure that has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical household size is much lower than in most other areas.
35.5% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Peterborough - Mount Remarkable, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 43.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 12.4% of the total, which is a little below the state and national figures.
12.4% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Peterborough - Mount Remarkable splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Peterborough - Mount Remarkable [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405031121/peterborough-mount-remarkable/topic/family-households