2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lower Light · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lower Light
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Lower Light than in most similar areas, with 26.6% of households consisting of a single person. The area's family structures are quite diverse, but it is mostly defined by couples with children, who make up over half of all families.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Lower Light — lower than 57% of areas.
| Lower Light | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 5501, SA | 2.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the South Australian and national figures. Two-person households are the most common, accounting for 40.6% of all homes.
26.6% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lower Light, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children form the largest group at 52.6%, while one-parent families make up 10.9%. This last figure is well below both the state and national averages.
10.9% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lower Light, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Lower Light [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40787/lower-light/topic/family-households