2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Burra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Burra than in the rest of the country, with nearly 40% of households consisting of just one person. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than the state and national figures.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Burra — lower than 86% of areas.
| Burra | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5417, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 39.1% of homes are single-person households, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because so many people live alone, Burra has just 2.0 people per home, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5.
39.1% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Burra splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.2% of families, while couples without children account for 41.5%. One-parent families make up 12.2% of the total, which is a little below the state and national figures.
12.2% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Burra splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Burra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40193/burra/topic/family-households