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.
James Well · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is James Well — lower than 94% of areas.
| James Well | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 5571, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
43.3% ▲ +151.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In James Well, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (17%).
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%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In James Well, Couples without children is the majority at 85%; Couples with children is next at 15%.
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