2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Adelaide - West · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Adelaide - West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Adelaide - West have remained steady since 2011, with a notable 30.8% of homes housing just one person. This level of single-person living is well above the national figure and much higher than in most other similar areas.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 18 areas
- 2.4: 20 areas
- 2.5: 18 areas
- 2.6: 11 areas
- 2.7: 7 areas
- 2.8: 5 areas
- 2.9: 4 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 3 areas
- 3.2: 1 area
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Adelaide - West — lower than 86% of areas.
| Adelaide - West | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.3 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is consistent with the high number of people living alone, a group that makes up 30.8% of all households.
30.8% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Adelaide - West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.3% of the area, which is higher than most similar places. This is a slight drop from 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 54.8%.
15.3% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 61% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Adelaide - West, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/404/adelaide-west/topic/family-households