2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Penola · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Penola
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Penola consist of couples with children. This is the most common home setup in the area, though a high number of people living alone also shape the local housing landscape.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Penola — lower than 71% of areas.
| Penola | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5277, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.2% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home has 2.3 people, a figure that is a little below the Australian average and has barely changed since 2011.
31.2% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Penola, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.6% of families, while couples without children account for 35.7%. One-parent families make up 12.7% of the total, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages but has risen since 2011.
12.7% ▲ +14.9%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Penola, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Penola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407021156/penola/topic/family-households