2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Compton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Compton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 58.5% of the family types in Compton, a figure that reflects the area's tendency toward larger homes. This is a place where very few people live alone, and most households are larger than the national average.
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 Compton — higher than 76% of areas.
| Compton | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5291, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Compton hold 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 10.4% of people live alone, a rate far below both the state and national figures.
10.4% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Compton, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.3% of the total, which is well below the national average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 58.5% having children and 32.5% without.
8.3% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Compton, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Compton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40291/compton/topic/family-households