2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Emu Flat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Emu Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Emu Flat than in the rest of the state, with only 11.4% of households being single-person. This is a place where larger living arrangements are the norm, with the typical home holding 2.9 people.
2.9
—
- 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 Emu Flat — higher than 81% of areas.
| Emu Flat | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 5453, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the mix of homes, where 28.6% house two people and 14.3% hold five.
11.4% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Emu Flat, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 5 people (16%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.2% of families here. One-parent families are much less common than in other areas, making up only 8.4% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.4% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Emu Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Emu Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40409/emu-flat/topic/family-households