2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Alford are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area has a notably high number of people living alone, and the typical home is smaller than those in most other parts of the country.
2.3
—
- 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 Alford — lower than 71% of areas.
| Alford | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5555, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A third of households in Alford are people living alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home has 2.3 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alford, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with one parent make up only 5.5% of the local total, which is well below both the state and national figures. Most families are couples, with 55.9% having children and 36.2% without.
5.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alford, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Alford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40011/alford/topic/family-households