2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fords · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fords
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 60.8% of the local mix in Fords. This is a place where large households are common and people living alone are few, making it feel much more family-focused than the state or national average.
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 Fords — higher than 81% of areas.
| Fords | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 5373, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Fords are larger than usual, with a typical size of 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 20.7% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
20.7% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fords, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 3 people (24%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 5.1% of the area, which is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian average of 14.8%. Most families here are couples, with 60.8% having children and 25.3% without.
5.1% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fords, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; 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 Fords [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40451/fords/topic/family-households