2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Back Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Back Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes are more common in Back Valley than in most similar areas. This is a place where few people live alone and family life is the norm, with 59.2% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.6
—
- 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 Back Valley — higher than 57% of areas.
| Back Valley | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 5211, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.6 people, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4. This helps explain why only 19.7% of people live alone, a rate well below both the state and national figures.
19.7% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Back Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 8.8%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Back Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Back Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40057/back-valley/topic/family-households