2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Henley Beach · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over six percentage points more people live alone in Henley Beach than the national figure. This creates a distinct housing pattern for the area, where small households are much more common than in most other places. While family groups remain the majority, the high number of single-person homes stands out compared to the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Henley Beach — lower than 71% of areas.
| Henley Beach | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5022, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home in Henley Beach holds 2.3 people, which is slightly lower than the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 31.6% of residents living alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.6% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Henley Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 16%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.6% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.3%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.3% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Henley Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Henley Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40584/henley-beach/topic/family-households