2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Firle · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Firle
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Firle than is typical for the rest of the country. This sparsely populated area sees about 30% of households consist of just one person, which is well above the national figure. Most homes here are small, with a typical size of 2.4 people.
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 Firle — lower than 57% of areas.
| Firle | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 5070, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 30.3% of households are single people, a figure higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 32.3%, while the typical home size of 2.4 people is about the same as the South Australian average.
30.3% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Firle splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 55.8%. One-parent families account for 14.8% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
14.8% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Firle, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Firle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40438/firle/topic/family-households