3.4 —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buchanan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buchanan
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Buchanan holds far more people than the state average, with 3.4 people per household. This gap is driven by a strong presence of families with children, making the area's housing patterns stand out compared to the rest of South Australia.
3.4
—
- 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 Buchanan — higher than 93% of areas.
| Buchanan | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 5374, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 3.4 people per home. This is well above the South Australian figure of 2.4 and the national average of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Buchanan, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 3 people is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 72.3% of the area, while couples without children account for 23.4%. Notably, there are no one-parent families, which is far below the 14.8% seen across South Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buchanan, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Buchanan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40175/buchanan/topic/family-households