2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beaufort · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beaufort
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Beaufort are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out from the rest of the state, where single-person households are far less common.
2.3
—
- 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 Beaufort — lower than 71% of areas.
| Beaufort | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5550, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 57.1% of people here live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Beaufort holds 2.3 people, which is lower than most other areas.
57.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Beaufort, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.2% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
17.2% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beaufort, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Beaufort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40084/beaufort/topic/family-households