2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Currency Creek · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Currency Creek than in the rest of the state. This is a place where most residents live in family groups, and the typical home holds 2.6 people, which is slightly more than the South Australian figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Currency Creek — higher than 57% of areas.
| Currency Creek | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 5214, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Just 17% of people live alone here, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. Most homes are shared, with 44.4% of households containing two people.
2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
17.0% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Currency Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 1 person (17%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.3% of families, while one-parent families are much less common here than elsewhere, at only 6.8% compared to the national figure of 14.1%.
6.8% ▲ +28.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Currency Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Currency Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40342/currency-creek/topic/family-households