2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barmera · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Barmera
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Barmera than in most similar areas, with 36.5% of households consisting of just one person. This trend contributes to the area having smaller households overall, and a higher proportion of single-parent families compared to the state and national figures.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Barmera — lower than 81% of areas.
| Barmera | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5345, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Barmera holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 36.5% of people live alone, a figure far above the Australian average of 25.6%.
36.5% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Barmera splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 43% and couples without children at 35.9%.
20.0% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barmera, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Barmera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40073/barmera/topic/family-households