2.1 ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glenside · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty-three per cent of people in Glenside live alone, one of the highest rates for this kind of area. This creates a community where small households are the norm and the typical home is much smaller than those in other regions.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Glenside — lower than 81% of areas.
| Glenside | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5065, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
With 43.2% of people living alone, the typical home in Glenside has just 2.1 people, which is a little below the figures for South Australia and Australia. Single-person households are the most common, making up 43.2% of all homes.
2.1 ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
43.2% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Glenside, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.1% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.1%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
10.1% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Glenside, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Glenside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40511/glenside/topic/family-households