Foul Bay · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Foul Bay

How families and households are made up across the area.

Just 1.6 people live in the typical home in Foul Bay, making it one of the least crowded areas of its kind. Small households are the norm here, with very few families with children and no one-parent families recorded.

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📍 Foul Bay, Suburb / Locality

Where Foul Bay sits — Average household size

1.6
  • 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 Foul Bay — lower than 97% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Foul Bay1.6
5577, SA 2.0
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Small homes are common, with 45.5% of households containing two people and 27.3% consisting of one person. This results in a typical home size that is well below the South Australian figure of 2.4 people.

1.6

Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.3
  • 2021: 1.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.3%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 47.8%
  • 2021: 27.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Foul Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (24%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Half of all families are couples without children, while 16.7% are couples with children. There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Foul Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 75%; Couples with 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 Foul Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40456/foul-bay/topic/family-households