1.7 ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leigh Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Leigh Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Leigh Creek are now occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households has led to a typical home size of 1.7 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.7
▼ -26.1%
- 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 Leigh Creek — lower than 94% of areas.
| Leigh Creek | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 5731, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 57.6% of people doing so. This is far above the South Australian figure of 28.5% and means the area has some of the lowest occupancy rates per home in the region.
57.6% ▲ +69.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Leigh Creek, 1 person is the majority at 59%; 2 people is next at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.5% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types are also common, with couples without children accounting for 38.5% of households.
20.5% ▲ +228.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Leigh Creek, the largest group is Couples without children at 42%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (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 Leigh Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40756/leigh-creek/topic/family-households