2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whyalla · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Whyalla
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Whyalla than in most similar areas, a trend that has grown since 2011. This shift has helped drive down the typical household size, with the city now seeing far more single-person homes than the national average.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Whyalla — lower than 86% of areas.
| Whyalla | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5608, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.4% of residents live alone, which is far above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Whyalla has just 2.2 people, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
36.4% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Whyalla splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.3% of the local total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 48.3%.
20.3% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whyalla, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Whyalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/406011136/whyalla/topic/family-households