2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Auburn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Auburn
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Auburn, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This trend is driven by a high number of people living alone, with 33.4% of households consisting of just one person.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Auburn — lower than 81% of areas.
| Auburn | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5451, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person homes are far more common here than in most areas, sitting well above the national figure of 25.6%. Nearly half of all households consist of two people, which helps explain why the typical home size is a little below the state average.
33.4% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Auburn, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 47.5%, while couples with children account for 42.8%. One-parent families make up 9.9% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
9.9% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Auburn splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Auburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40051/auburn/topic/family-households