2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burnside · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Burnside
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people have lived alone in Burnside since 2011, while the number of people per home has edged up. The area is now characterized by a very low rate of one-parent families, which is well below the national figure.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Burnside — higher than 57% of areas.
| Burnside | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Burnside has 2.5 people, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. While 26.9% of households are single people, this has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
26.9% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Burnside, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children (63.1%), while only 9.4% are one-parent families. This last figure is among the lowest for similar areas and is well below the 14.1% national average.
9.4% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burnside, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40103/burnside/topic/family-households