2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darlington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Darlington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Darlington have remained relatively steady over the last decade. A typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. The area is mostly made up of families with children and a notable number of people living on their own.
2.5
▲ +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 Darlington — higher than 50% of areas.
| Darlington | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5047, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.1% of residents live alone, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 32% of all households.
27.1% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Darlington splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.3% of the area, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, accounting for 57.2% of the total.
16.3% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darlington, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Darlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40350/darlington/topic/family-households