1.8 → 0.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glenelg · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glenelg
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all households in Glenelg are made up of just one person, making it a place where living alone is very common. This creates a small typical household size of 1.8 people, which is well below both the state and national figures.
1.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Glenelg — lower than 91% of areas.
| Glenelg | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 5045, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 47% of people here live alone, a figure far above the South Australian average of 28.5%. This explains why the typical home has only 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
46.6% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.5%
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Glenelg, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (39%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 56.2%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, accounting for only 8.2% of families.
8.2% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glenelg, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 Glenelg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40505/glenelg/topic/family-households