3.2 ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hewett · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hewett
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Hewett than in most other areas, making it a place where large households are the norm. With 3.2 people living in the typical home, the community feels geared toward families rather than individuals.
3.2
▼ -3.0%
- 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 Hewett — higher than 89% of areas.
| Hewett | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 5118, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is rare here, with only 8.4% of households consisting of one person, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the 3.2 people per home is well above the South Australian average of 2.4.
8.4% ▲ +27.0%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hewett splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (27%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 71.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.7%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.7% ▲ +72.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hewett, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Hewett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40586/hewett/topic/family-households