2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Australia - Outback · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in South Australia - Outback
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone have shaped the home life of South Australia - Outback since 2011. The region is now marked by a high proportion of single-person households, with over a third of homes housing only one person.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 South Australia - Outback — lower than 86% of areas.
| South Australia - Outback | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 33.1% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This contributes to a typical home size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure and has edged down over the last decade.
33.1% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 95% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Australia - Outback splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the national figure. Couples with children are the most common family type at 50.4%.
17.0% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 84% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Australia - Outback, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 South Australia - Outback [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/406/south-australia-outback/topic/family-households