Duck Ponds · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Duck Ponds

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Duck Ponds than in most other areas. While the typical home has 2.5 people—about the same as the national figure—over 31% of households are single-person homes. This stands in contrast to the lower rate of one-parent families found here.

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📍 Duck Ponds, Suburb / Locality

Where Duck Ponds sits — Average household size

2.5 → 0.0%
  • 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 Duck Ponds — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Duck Ponds2.5
5607, SA 2.5
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households make up 31.6% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, accounting for 42.1% of all households.

2.5 → 0.0%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.6% ▲ +60.8%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.6%
  • 2016: 31.4%
  • 2021: 31.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Duck Ponds, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.8%. Only 7.6% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the South Australian and national averages.

7.6% ▼ -10.1%

Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.5%
  • 2016: 9.7%
  • 2021: 7.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Duck Ponds, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 30%.

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 Duck Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40375/duck-ponds/topic/family-households