2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Harrogate · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Harrogate
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than two-thirds of families in Harrogate are couples with children, making it a place where larger households are common. This focus on family life is clear in the numbers, with the area having far fewer people living alone than the state or national average.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Harrogate — higher than 71% of areas.
| Harrogate | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5244, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Harrogate typically hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 19.0% of people live alone, a figure well below the South Australian average of 28.5%.
19.0% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Harrogate, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The typical family structure is very stable here, with one-parent families making up just 5.3% of the total. This is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
5.3% ▼ -47.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Harrogate, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Harrogate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40567/harrogate/topic/family-households