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.
Duck Ponds · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Duck Ponds — higher than 50% of areas.
| Duck Ponds | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5607, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.6% ▲ +60.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Duck Ponds, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Duck Ponds, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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