2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Outback · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Outback
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Outback than in the rest of South Australia. This trend has grown since 2011, leading to a small typical household size. Most homes are occupied by only one or two people.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Outback — lower than 93% of areas.
| Outback | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5733, SA | 1.9 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 47% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 26%. This high number of single-person homes means the typical home has just 2 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
46.9% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 46.5%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Outback, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.7% of families, while couples without children account for 38.3%. One-parent families make up 13.4% of the total, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
13.4% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Outback, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Outback [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/406021141/outback/topic/family-households