2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Long Flat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Long Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Long Flat have remained steady since 2011, with a typical home now housing 2.4 people. This small community is largely defined by family groups, as very few residents live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.4
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- 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 Long Flat — lower than 57% of areas.
| Long Flat | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 5253, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.1% of people here live alone, which is far below the South Australian figure of 28.5%. Most homes are small, with 39% of households containing two people.
17.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Long Flat, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 3 people (24%) and 1 person (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is very common here, with 62.5% of families being couples with children. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Long Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Long Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40776/long-flat/topic/family-households