2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Curramulka · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Curramulka
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Curramulka than in most similar areas. This creates a distinct housing pattern where a third of homes are occupied by a single person, and the typical household size is slightly smaller than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Curramulka — lower than 71% of areas.
| Curramulka | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5580, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.8% of residents live alone, which is well above the South Australian figure of 28.5%. This helps explain why homes are smaller here, with a typical 2.3 people per dwelling compared to 2.5 across Australia.
32.8% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Curramulka splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children (58.1%), while one-parent families make up just 5.1% of the total. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most other similar areas.
5.1% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Curramulka, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Curramulka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40341/curramulka/topic/family-households