1.7 ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Andamooka · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Andamooka
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Andamooka are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area stand out for having very small households compared to the rest of the state and country.
1.7
▼ -19.0%
- 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 Andamooka — lower than 94% of areas.
| Andamooka | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 5722, SA | 1.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Andamooka holds only 1.7 people, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 53.4% of residents live alone, one of the highest rates for any similar area.
53.4% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Andamooka, 1 person is the majority at 53%; 2 people is next at 31%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.1% of the community, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 38.5%.
16.1% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Andamooka splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (40%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Andamooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40023/andamooka/topic/family-households