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.
Moonta · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Moonta
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Moonta than in 2011, contributing to a smaller typical household size. These changes mean that 31.6% of the population now live by themselves, which is well above the national figure.
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 Moonta — lower than 89% of areas.
| Moonta | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5554, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Moonta are smaller than most, with just 2.1 people per household. This is a little below the national figure and is driven by a high number of single-person homes.
31.6% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moonta, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of the families here are couples without children, while 34.7% are couples with children. One-parent families make up 12.2%, a figure that is a little below both the state and national levels.
12.2% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moonta, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 Moonta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405041125/moonta/topic/family-households