2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Picola · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Picola
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Picola are couples with children, making this the most common living arrangement. This creates a balanced mix of households, though smaller home sizes and a higher number of people living alone than the national average are also notable.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Picola — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Picola are slightly smaller than the state and national figures, with 2.2 people per home. This is reflected in the fact that 27.4% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%.
27.4% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Picola, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with and without children make up the vast majority of families here, at 45.9% and 45.3% respectively. One-parent families account for 11.3%, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
11.3% ▲ +47.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Picola splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Picola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22066/picola/topic/family-households