2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Golden Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Golden Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly a third of people live alone in Golden Heights, which is a much higher rate than across Australia. While the area is home to many single-person households, the typical home still holds about 2.4 people, matching the South Australian average.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Golden Heights — lower than 57% of areas.
| Golden Heights | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 5322, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the national figure. Two-person homes are the most common at 33.6%, while 19.1% of households contain four people.
30.0% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Golden Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 4 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 9.6%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.6% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Golden Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Golden Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40517/golden-heights/topic/family-households