2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Franklin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Franklin
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of people living alone defines Port Franklin, where 33.8% of households are single-person homes. This is well above both the state and national figures. The area generally has smaller households, with the typical home holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
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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 Port Franklin — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, as nearly half of all homes hold just two people. This helps explain why the typical home size is 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
33.8% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Franklin, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 4 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.8% of families, while those without children account for 46.8%. Only 4.0% of families are led by one parent, a figure that is far below the Australian average.
4.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Franklin, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 43%.
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 Port Franklin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22106/port-franklin/topic/family-households