2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nirranda South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nirranda South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 61.4% of families in Nirranda South, the most common family type in the area. While many households are family-based, there is also a very high proportion of people living on their own compared to other regions.
2.5
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- 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 Nirranda South — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 37.5% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical number of people per home is 2.5, matching the state and national averages.
37.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Nirranda South splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10% of the area, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most other families are couples, with 25.7% having no children.
10.0% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nirranda South, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Nirranda South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21951/nirranda-south/topic/family-households