4.0 —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4
- 2021: 4.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Amata · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Amata
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Amata are lived in by couples with children. This is a place where households are typically very large and far more crowded than the national average. Only 12% of residents live alone, which is much lower than in most other parts of the country.
4.0
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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 Amata — higher than 99% of areas.
| Amata | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Amata are far more crowded than those in South Australia or the rest of the nation, with an average of 4 people per home. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 32% of households contain six or more people.
11.9% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Amata, the largest group is 6 or more at 36%, followed by 2 people (20%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 30.4% of the area, a figure that is far above both the state and national averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 54.8%.
30.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Amata, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families is next at 31%.
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 Amata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40017/amata/topic/family-households