2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Roxby Downs · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Roxby Downs
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes with more people are common in Roxby Downs, where 70.2% of families are couples with children. This makes the area's household sizes higher than most other places, reflecting a community heavily focused on family life.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Roxby Downs — higher than 71% of areas.
| Roxby Downs | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5725, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. While 24.4% of people now live alone—an increase of 7.7 points since 2011—this remains well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
24.4% ▲ +46.6%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Roxby Downs splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (24%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children dominate the local landscape at 70.2%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 8.7% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.7% ▲ +95.4%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Roxby Downs, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 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 Roxby Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/406021143/roxby-downs/topic/family-households