2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hendon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hendon
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Hendon than in most similar areas. This trend is reflected in the typical home, where 35.3% of households are single-person dwellings, a figure well above the national average.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Hendon — lower than 71% of areas.
| Hendon | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5014, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 35.3% of households consisting of one person, which is well above the 25.6% figure for Australia. Consequently, the typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
35.3% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hendon, the largest group is 1 person at 35%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.9% of the local total, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, who account for 58.3% of all family types.
16.9% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hendon, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Hendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40583/hendon/topic/family-households