2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Birkenhead · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Birkenhead
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Birkenhead than in most similar areas. While about half of families here have children, there is a strong presence of single-person households and one-parent families that sets this place apart from the state and national figures.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Birkenhead — lower than 71% of areas.
| Birkenhead | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5015, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A third of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the 25.6% national average. Because of this, the typical home in Birkenhead holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
32.5% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Birkenhead splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.9% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children, who account for 49.1% of households.
20.9% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Birkenhead, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Birkenhead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40110/birkenhead/topic/family-households