2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highland Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Highland Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Highland Valley than in most similar areas, with a typical household of 2.9 people. This is a community where very few people live alone, as 61.3% of families are couples with children.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Highland Valley — higher than 81% of areas.
| Highland Valley | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 5255, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per dwelling compared to 2.5 nationally. Only 14.5% of people live alone, which is far below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
14.5% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Highland Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.3%. One-parent families account for 10.0% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.0% ▲ +65.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Highland Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Highland Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40589/highland-valley/topic/family-households