Currency Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Currency Creek

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.

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📍 Currency Creek, Suburb / Locality

Where Currency Creek sits — Average household size

2.6 ▼ -3.7%
  • 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 Currency Creek — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Currency Creek2.6
5214, SA 2.0
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.0% ▲ +1.2%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.8%
  • 2016: 20.9%
  • 2021: 17.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Currency Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 1 person (17%).

Families

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.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 7.9%
  • 2021: 6.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Currency Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 31%.

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 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