2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alberton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alberton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Alberton, where nearly 40% of homes are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person dwellings means the area has far fewer people per home than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Alberton — lower than 81% of areas.
| Alberton | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5014, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 40% of residents live alone, which is far above the South Australian figure of 28.5%. This helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
39.6% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alberton, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.6% of families, while one-parent families account for 14% of the total. This proportion of single-parent homes is higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the national figure.
14.0% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alberton, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Alberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40007/alberton/topic/family-households