2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elizabeth East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elizabeth East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Elizabeth East than in other parts of the country. This is a community where 32.1% of families are headed by a single parent, a figure that sits far above the national average. While household sizes are typical for Australia, there is a striking number of people living alone here.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Elizabeth East — lower than 57% of areas.
| Elizabeth East | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 5112, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over a third of residents (36%) live by themselves, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home contains 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
36.0% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elizabeth East, the largest group is 1 person at 36%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 32.1% of the total, a rate far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 46.3%, followed by couples without children at 19.7%.
32.1% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elizabeth East, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by One-parent families (32%) and Couples without children (20%).
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 Elizabeth East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40399/elizabeth-east/topic/family-households