2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Middleton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Middleton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Middleton are couples with children, making them a key part of the local landscape. While many households are small, the area has a notably low rate of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Middleton — lower than 71% of areas.
| Middleton | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5213, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 42.2% consisting of two people and 27.4% of residents living alone. This means the typical home in Middleton has 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas.
27.4% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Middleton, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Only 8.0% of families are one-parent households, a figure well below the South Australian average of 14.8% and the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 52.6% having children and 39.0% without.
8.0% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Middleton, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Middleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40870/middleton/topic/family-households