2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highgate · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Highgate
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and family-led living shape daily life in Highgate, where the typical household is bigger than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused neighborhood, with nearly 66% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.6
→ 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 Highgate — higher than 57% of areas.
| Highgate | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 5063, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly more crowded than the South Australian figure, with an average of 2.6 people per household. While 25.3% of residents live alone, this is well below the state figure of 28.5%.
25.3% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Highgate splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (25%), with 4 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 65.8% of all families. One-parent families account for 11.7%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.7% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Highgate, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Highgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40588/highgate/topic/family-households