2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lightsview · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the homes in Lightsview are occupied by couples with children, making it a family-focused pocket of Adelaide. While the area is largely built for families, it also has a higher proportion of people living alone than most similar places.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lightsview — lower than 57% of areas.
| Lightsview | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 5085, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. About 28.3% of households consist of one person, a figure that is higher than most areas.
2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
28.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Lightsview splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 19%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.3% of families, while 12.5% are one-parent families. This share of single-parent homes is higher than in most areas, though it remains a little below the South Australian and national figures.
12.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Lightsview, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lightsview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40762/lightsview/topic/family-households