2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Jamestown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Jamestown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all families in Jamestown are couples with children, making this the most common home type. However, the town has a high number of people living alone, which means the typical home is smaller than in most other areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Jamestown — lower than 81% of areas.
| Jamestown | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5491, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is much lower than most areas. This is consistent with 34.9% of people living alone, a figure well above both the South Australian and national averages.
34.9% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Jamestown splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most other families are couples, with 39.0% having no children.
10.1% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Jamestown, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Jamestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40635/jamestown/topic/family-households