2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meningie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meningie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Meningie are couples without children, making this the most common family type. This trend is reflected in the wider community, where small households are the norm and a high number of people live on their own.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Meningie — lower than 81% of areas.
| Meningie | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5264, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Meningie holds just 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by a high proportion of single-person households; 36.6% of people live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%.
36.6% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Meningie splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 41% of families, while one-parent families represent 11.2%. This share of single-parent homes is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
11.2% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meningie, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Meningie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40859/meningie/topic/family-households