2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Jackass Flat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Jackass Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Jackass Flat are couples with children, making this the most common family type in the area. This high number of children helps explain why homes here are larger than usual, with almost three people living in the typical house.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Jackass Flat — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Jackass Flat typically hold 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Very few people live alone here, at just 14.5%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.5% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Jackass Flat, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.6% of the local total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national average. Most families here are couples with children, who account for 59.6% of all family households.
18.6% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Jackass Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Jackass Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21250/jackass-flat/topic/family-households