1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boatswain Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boatswain Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Boatswain Point. The area is dominated by small living arrangements, with the typical home containing fewer than two people.
1.9
—
- 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 Boatswain Point — lower than 89% of areas.
| Boatswain Point | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5275, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.9 people live in the typical home, which is well below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is reflected in the high number of people living alone, at 36.4%, a figure far above the national average.
36.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boatswain Point, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 27.6%. One-parent families account for 10.3% of the population, which is well below both the state and national figures.
10.3% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boatswain Point, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Boatswain Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40130/boatswain-point/topic/family-households