2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swifts Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Swifts Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of households in Swifts Creek consist of people living alone, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area stand out as a place where single-person homes are very common. Most homes are small, with the typical household holding just two people.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Swifts Creek — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 39.6% of households, which is far above the 25.6% national figure. Because of this high number of single residents, the typical home in Swifts Creek holds 2.2 people, slightly below the Australian average of 2.5.
39.6% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Swifts Creek, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.7% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types are also common, with couples with children representing nearly half of all families at 49.4%.
17.7% ▲ +40.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swifts Creek, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Swifts Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22413/swifts-creek/topic/family-households