1.6 ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 1.5
- 2021: 1.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Donovans · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Donovans
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty-three point six per cent of people live alone in Donovans, which is far above the national figure. This makes it an area where single-person homes are very common. Consequently, the typical home here is much smaller than those in the rest of the state.
1.6
▼ -36.0%
- 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 Donovans — lower than 97% of areas.
| Donovans | 1.6 |
|---|---|
| 5291, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With an average of 1.6 people per home, Donovans is among the lowest for household size in the region. This is well below the Australian figure of 2.5, reflecting the fact that 43.6% of residents live by themselves.
43.6% ▲ +141.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Donovans, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 44%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the vast majority of families here at 85.5%. One-parent families account for 14.5% of the total, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the South Australian figure.
14.5% ▲ +54.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Donovans, Couples without children is the majority at 77%; One-parent families is next at 13%.
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 Donovans [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40368/donovans/topic/family-households