2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yorke Peninsula - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Yorke Peninsula - South
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 38.2% of people live alone in Yorke Peninsula - South, which is far above the national figure. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a typical home size that is well below the Australian average. Most households here are small, usually containing only one or two people.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Yorke Peninsula - South — lower than 93% of areas.
| Yorke Peninsula - South | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5577, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 2.5. This small household size is driven by the high number of single-person homes, which rose by 4.6 percentage points over the last decade.
38.2% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Yorke Peninsula - South splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples without children, and the share of one-parent families is 10.3%. This is much lower than most other areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.3% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yorke Peninsula - South, Couples without children is the majority at 50%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 Yorke Peninsula - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405041128/yorke-peninsula-south/topic/family-households