2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Direk · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Direk
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 21% of families in Direk are led by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This is a place where households are larger than usual, typically holding 2.9 people. Most homes are family-based, with a strong presence of couples raising children.
2.9
—
- 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 Direk — higher than 81% of areas.
| Direk | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 5110, SA | 2.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, with a typical size of 2.9 people. This is reflected in the fact that only 18.5% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national figure.
18.5% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Direk splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 3 people (24%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.9% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the South Australian figure of 14.8%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 63.3%.
20.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Direk, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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 Direk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40366/direk/topic/family-households