2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ashton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Ashton than in the rest of the state. This is a place where most homes are shared, with the typical household holding 2.7 people and a very small number of single-person dwellings.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Ashton — higher than 71% of areas.
| Ashton | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5137, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 8.8% of people here live alone, which is far below the South Australian figure of 28.5%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 46.2% of all homes.
8.8% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ashton, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly 60% of families. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 4.6%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
4.6% ▼ -39.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ashton, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Ashton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40047/ashton/topic/family-households