2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blair Athol · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blair Athol
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical Blair Athol home, which is much higher than most areas. This reflects a community where large households are common, especially with over 60% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 Blair Athol — higher than 76% of areas.
| Blair Athol | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5084, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical household has 2.8 people, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4. While 28.4% of homes house two people, those living alone make up 24.7% of the total, which is well below the state average.
24.7% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Blair Athol splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (25%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.6% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 60.9% of the total.
17.6% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blair Athol, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Blair Athol
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Blair Athol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40120/blair-athol/topic/family-households