2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Erith · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Erith
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 68.8% of families in Erith, making it a place where large households are the norm. This is a family-focused area where the typical home is larger than the national figure, with few people living alone.
2.8
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- 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 Erith — higher than 76% of areas.
| Erith | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5461, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, households in Erith are a little larger than the typical South Australian home. This is consistent with only 20% of people living alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Erith, the largest group is 3 people at 41%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 1 person (24%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12.5% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas. This is a little below the South Australian rate of 14.8% and the national figure of 14.1%.
12.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Erith, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Erith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40413/erith/topic/family-households