2.7 ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Caltowie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Caltowie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Caltowie than in the rest of the state, with only 13.2% of households being single-person homes. This makes it a place where most residents live with others, and the typical home is slightly larger than the South Australian average.
2.7
▲ +12.5%
- 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 Caltowie — higher than 71% of areas.
| Caltowie | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5490, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are generally larger, with 2.7 people per home, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4. Most households contain two people (36.8%), while only 13.2% are for one person—a figure far below the national average of 25.6%.
13.2% ▼ -47.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Caltowie, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up the biggest group here at 63.2%. In contrast, one-parent families account for just 7.4%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.4% ▲ +35.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Caltowie, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Caltowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40207/caltowie/topic/family-households