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.
Goolwa - Port Elliot · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Goolwa - Port Elliot
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Goolwa - Port Elliot are couples without children, making them the most common family type. This is an area where small households are the norm, with a very high proportion of people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
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 Goolwa - Port Elliot — lower than 93% of areas.
| Goolwa - Port Elliot | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5214, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 33.3% of people live alone—a rate that is much higher than most areas and has risen since 2011.
33.3% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Goolwa - Port Elliot, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 52.7% of families, while 34.4% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 12.0% of the total, which is a little below the South Australian and national figures.
12.0% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Goolwa - Port Elliot, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 Goolwa - Port Elliot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407011144/goolwa-port-elliot/topic/family-households