2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Adelaide - West · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Port Adelaide - West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Port Adelaide - West have remained remarkably steady since 2011. The area is now defined by a high number of people living alone, with nearly 32% of households consisting of just one person.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Port Adelaide - West — lower than 86% of areas.
| Port Adelaide - West | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, sitting well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller, with 2.3 people per dwelling, which is a little below the Australian average.
31.8% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Adelaide - West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.7% of the total, a figure that is well above the state and national averages. While this is still much higher than most areas, the proportion of single-parent homes fell slightly from 19.8% in 2011.
18.7% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Adelaide - West, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; 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 Port Adelaide - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40402/port-adelaide-west/topic/family-households