2.2 ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ashford
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 33.7% of people live alone in Ashford, a rate well above the national figure. This makes it an area with smaller-than-average households, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people.
2.2
▲ +10.0%
- 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 Ashford — lower than 76% of areas.
| Ashford | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5035, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person households are much more common here than in most areas, at 33.7%. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.2 people is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4.
33.7% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ashford splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 58.4%, while one-parent families are much less common at 8.1%. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.1% ▼ -49.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ashford, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children 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 Ashford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40046/ashford/topic/family-households