2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Patch · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in The Patch
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in The Patch than in most similar areas, making it a place where households tend to be larger. This is reflected in the typical home, which holds 2.7 people, slightly more than the national figure of 2.5.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 The Patch — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.3% of residents live by themselves, which is far below the 25.6% national figure. Most homes are shared, with 39.2% of households containing two people and 19.5% containing three.
14.3% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In The Patch, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with 61.4% of families being couples with children. One-parent families make up 9.0% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.0% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In The Patch, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in The Patch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22501/the-patch/topic/family-households