2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Athol Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Athol Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 19% of families in Athol Park are led by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This is a place where households tend to be larger than usual, often consisting of couples with children.
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 Athol Park — higher than 71% of areas.
| Athol Park | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5012, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with a typical 2.7 people per household. While 26.1% of people live alone, the most common household size is two people at 27.3%.
26.1% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Athol Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.6%. The proportion of one-parent families is much higher than most areas, sitting at 18.7%, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
18.7% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Athol Park, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; One-parent families is next at 19%.
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 Athol Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40050/athol-park/topic/family-households