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Family & Households in Adelaide Lead

How families and households are made up across the area.

A much higher share of one-parent families than most areas live in Adelaide Lead. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, over half of all families here include couples raising children.

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📍 Adelaide Lead, Suburb / Locality

Where Adelaide Lead sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Adelaide Lead — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Adelaide Lead2.4
3465, VIC 2.1
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Very few people live alone here, with only 18.2% of households being single-person homes, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 57.6% of the area.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

18.2%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.3%
  • 2021: 18.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Adelaide Lead, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 18%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 16.9% of the community, a figure well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. Couples with children are the largest group at 51.9%, while couples without children account for 31.2%.

16.9%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.8%
  • 2021: 16.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Adelaide Lead, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (16%).

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 Lead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20009/adelaide-lead/topic/family-households