Glenside · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Glenside

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.

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Where Glenside sits — Average household size

2.1 ▲ +16.7%
  • 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 Glenside — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Glenside2.1
5065, SA 2.4
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 1.8
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

43.2% ▼ -15.8%

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 51.3%
  • 2016: 49.4%
  • 2021: 43.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Glenside, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

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.

  • 2011: 9.9%
  • 2016: 13.8%
  • 2021: 10.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Glenside, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 32%.

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 Glenside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40511/glenside/topic/family-households