2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Little Hampton · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Little Hampton are couples with children. This is a small community where many people live alone, and the typical home holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Little Hampton — lower than 81% of areas.
Average household size.
About 34.2% of residents live by themselves, a figure that is well above the state and national averages. Because of this, the number of people per home is much lower than in most other areas.
2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
34.2% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Little Hampton, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 4 people (13%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.5% of the community, which is well below the national figure. Most families here are couples, split almost evenly between those with children (47.3%) and those without (45.5%).
5.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Little Hampton splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 6%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Little Hampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21519/little-hampton/topic/family-households