2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heathfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Heathfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger home sizes and fewer people living alone make Heathfield a place where family life dominates. Most homes here house more people than the national figure, creating a residential landscape defined by larger households and strong family ties.
2.8
→ 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 Heathfield — higher than 76% of areas.
| Heathfield | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5153, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With a typical 2.8 people per home, household sizes are much higher than in most areas. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 18.6%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
18.6% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Heathfield, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 64.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.2%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.2% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Heathfield, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Heathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40580/heathfield/topic/family-households