Craigburn Farm · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Craigburn Farm

How families and households are made up across the area.

Large households are the norm in Craigburn Farm, where an average of 3.0 people live in each home. This is well above the state figure of 2.4, creating a community where few people live alone and family life is the dominant experience.

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📍 Craigburn Farm, Suburb / Locality

Where Craigburn Farm sits — Average household size

3.0 ▼ -3.2%
  • 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 Craigburn Farm — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Craigburn Farm3.0
5051, SA 2.7
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Very few people live alone here, at just 9.0%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why typical homes are larger than most areas, with 32.6% of households containing two people and 29.5% containing four.

3.0 ▼ -3.2%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

9.0% ▼ -0.9%

Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.1%
  • 2016: 8.8%
  • 2021: 9.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Craigburn Farm splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 4 people (30%), with 3 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is centered on couples with children, who make up 71.7% of the area. Only 4.8% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.

4.8% ▲ +6.0%

Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 4.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Craigburn Farm, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; 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 Craigburn Farm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40324/craigburn-farm/topic/family-households