2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Holdfast Bay · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Holdfast Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Holdfast Bay are couples with children, making them the most common household type. This area is marked by a high number of single-person homes, which keeps the overall household size smaller than the national figure.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Holdfast Bay — lower than 89% of areas.
| Holdfast Bay | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Thirty-five per cent of people live alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Because so many people live solo, the typical home in Holdfast Bay holds just 2.2 people, which is much lower than in most other areas.
35.0% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Holdfast Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with one parent make up 10.9% of the total, which is well below the figures for South Australia and Australia. This has remained steady since 2011, while couples without children now account for 36.4% of families.
10.9% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Holdfast Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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 Holdfast Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40301/holdfast-bay/topic/family-households