2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colonel Light Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Colonel Light Gardens
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most areas define Colonel Light Gardens, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This trend is driven by a high proportion of families with children and very few people living by themselves.
2.8
▼ -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 Colonel Light Gardens — higher than 76% of areas.
| Colonel Light Gardens | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5041, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 2.8 people per dwelling, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4. Only 16.3% of people live alone, a rate well below the national figure of 25.6%.
16.3% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Colonel Light Gardens, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central to the area, as 69% of households are couples with children. One-parent families make up 8.5% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
8.5% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Colonel Light Gardens, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Colonel Light Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40286/colonel-light-gardens/topic/family-households