3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
McLaren Flat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in McLaren Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 69% of families in McLaren Flat are couples with children, making it a place where family units are the norm. This high proportion of children helps explain why homes here are much larger than usual, with three people typically living in each household.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 McLaren Flat — higher than 86% of areas.
| McLaren Flat | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 5171, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With three people per home, households in McLaren Flat are well above the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is reflected in the fact that only 11.2% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
11.2% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In McLaren Flat, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with couples with children making up 68.7% of the total. One-parent families account for just 8.5%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
8.5% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In McLaren Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 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 McLaren Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40851/mclaren-flat/topic/family-households