Bedford Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bedford Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all families in Bedford Park are couples with children. This is a residential area where most homes house two or three people, and a high number of residents live on their own.

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Where Bedford Park sits — Average household size

2.5 → 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 Bedford Park — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bedford Park2.5
5042, SA 2.4
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 27.7% of residents live alone, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. The typical home has 2.5 people, a result that is about the same as the state and national averages.

2.5 → 0.0%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.7% ▲ +5.2%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.4%
  • 2016: 22.9%
  • 2021: 27.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Bedford Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 14.1% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.

14.1% ▲ +36.2%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.4%
  • 2016: 10.4%
  • 2021: 14.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bedford Park, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (14%).

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 Bedford Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40087/bedford-park/topic/family-households