2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Evanston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Evanston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes and a high number of single parents shape daily life in Evanston. The area is notable for the large proportion of people living alone, with 36.8% of households consisting of just one person.
2.2
▼ -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 Evanston — lower than 76% of areas.
| Evanston | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5116, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 2.2, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This lower density is driven by a high number of single-person homes, which are far more common here than across Australia.
36.8% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Evanston, the largest group is 1 person at 37%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 30.1% of the total, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. This puts Evanston among the highest areas for single-parent households at this level.
30.1% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Evanston, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by One-parent families (30%) and Couples without children (22%).
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 Evanston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40421/evanston/topic/family-households