2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Quorn - Lake Gilles · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define Quorn - Lake Gilles, where the number of people living alone is among the highest for similar areas. The typical home now holds just two people, a figure that has dropped since 2011.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Quorn - Lake Gilles — lower than 93% of areas.
| Quorn - Lake Gilles | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5715, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
People living alone make up 37.7% of households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the 2.0 people per home here is well below the Australian average of 2.5.
2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
37.7% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Quorn - Lake Gilles splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 9%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 44.2%, while one-parent families make up 14.4%. This share of one-parent families is higher than most areas, though it is about the same as the state and national figures.
14.4% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Quorn - Lake Gilles splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 14%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Quorn - Lake Gilles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/406021140/quorn-lake-gilles/topic/family-households