2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Adelaide Hills · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Adelaide Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Adelaide Hills compared to the state and national figures. This region is defined by larger households, with a very strong presence of couples with children making up 60.5% of all families.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Adelaide Hills — higher than 71% of areas.
| Adelaide Hills | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 20.8% of households are people living alone, a figure well below the South Australian average of 28.5%.
20.8% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Adelaide Hills, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 60.5%. One-parent families make up 10.7% of the total, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.7% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Adelaide Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Adelaide Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40102/adelaide-hills/topic/family-households