2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beachport · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beachport
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher proportion of people now live alone in Beachport compared to previous years. This shift contributes to smaller household sizes across the area, where the typical home now holds just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Beachport — lower than 76% of areas.
| Beachport | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5280, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with nearly half of all homes housing just two people. About 29.1% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%.
29.1% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Beachport, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families in Beachport, with 46.8% having no children. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 7.5% of the total, a figure well below both the state and national levels.
7.5% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Beachport splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (46%), with One-parent families at 7%.
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 Beachport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40082/beachport/topic/family-households