James Well · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in James Well

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in James Well than in the rest of South Australia. This creates a very small average household size of just 1.7 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.

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📍 James Well, Suburb / Locality

Where James Well sits — Average household size

1.7 ▼ -15.0%
  • 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 James Well — lower than 94% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
James Well1.7
5571, SA 2.0
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 43.3% of residents live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here has only 1.7 people, which is much lower than across the state.

1.7 ▼ -15.0%

Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 1.4
  • 2021: 1.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

43.3% ▲ +151.3%

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.2%
  • 2016: 55.0%
  • 2021: 43.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In James Well, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up 70% of families here. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, which is far below the South Australian rate of 14.8%.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In James Well, Couples without children is the majority at 85%; Couples with children is next at 15%.

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 James Well [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40634/james-well/topic/family-households