1.8 ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
American River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in American River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 68% of families in American River are couples without children. This is a small-household area where many people live alone or as couples, leading to a typical home size that is much smaller than the national average.
1.8
▼ -14.3%
- 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 American River — lower than 91% of areas.
| American River | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 5221, SA | 1.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are the norm here, with only 1.8 people per home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 39.7% of people live alone, a rate far above both the state and national figures.
39.7% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In American River, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (39%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 68.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.2%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.2% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In American River, Couples without children is the majority at 66%; Couples with children is next at 22%.
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 American River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40019/american-river/topic/family-households