1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blackfellows Caves · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower household sizes than most areas define Blackfellows Caves. This is a small community where only 1.9 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Blackfellows Caves — lower than 89% of areas.
| Blackfellows Caves | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5291, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
A high number of people live alone here, accounting for 42.9% of households. This is far above the national figure of 25.6% and among the highest levels seen in similar areas.
1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
42.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Blackfellows Caves splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (37%), with 5 people at 12%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here are quite different from the rest of the country, with no one-parent families recorded. Instead, over half of families are couples without children.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Blackfellows Caves, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Blackfellows Caves [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40116/blackfellows-caves/topic/family-households