2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Edwardstown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Edwardstown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 38% of people in Edwardstown live alone, a figure far above the national average. This high number of single-person households means the area typically has fewer people per home than most other parts of the country.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Edwardstown — lower than 76% of areas.
| Edwardstown | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5039, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Edwardstown holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is largely because 37.7% of households are just one person, a rate well above the South Australian average.
37.7% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Edwardstown, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16% of the area, which is much higher than most similar areas. More than half of all families are couples with children, while 29.1% are couples without children.
16.0% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Edwardstown, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Edwardstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40395/edwardstown/topic/family-households