Hawker · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Hawker

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live alone in Hawker than in most similar areas, with 32.2% of households consisting of a single person. This high number of sole occupants means the typical home is smaller than the national figure, holding just 2.2 people.

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📍 Hawker, Suburb / Locality

Where Hawker sits — Average household size

2.2 → 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 Hawker — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Hawker2.2
5434, SA 2.2
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 32.2% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Hawker is smaller than in most areas, with 40.5% of households containing only two people.

2.2 → 0.0%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.2% ▲ +6.7%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 30.2%
  • 2016: 40.5%
  • 2021: 32.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Hawker, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 4 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 42.9% of families, while 40.7% are couples without children. One-parent families represent 13.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.

13.8% ▲ +20.3%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.4%
  • 2016: 8.9%
  • 2021: 13.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Hawker splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.

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 Hawker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40572/hawker/topic/family-households