Mil-Lel · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mil-Lel

How families and households are made up across the area.

Three people per home is the typical experience in Mil-Lel, a figure well above the South Australian average of 2.4. This is a place where large households are the norm and people living alone are rare. Most residents live in family groups, with couples raising children making up the vast majority of homes.

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📍 Mil-Lel, Suburb / Locality

Where Mil-Lel sits — Average household size

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 Mil-Lel — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mil-Lel3.0
5291, SA 2.7
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 14.6% of people live alone here, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes are larger than most, with 22% of households containing four people and 14.6% containing five.

3.0 ▲ +3.4%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

14.6% ▼ -10.6%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.4%
  • 2016: 11.6%
  • 2021: 14.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mil-Lel, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 72.6% of families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 5.1%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

5.1% ▲ +11.3%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 4.1%
  • 2021: 5.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mil-Lel, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 23%.

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 Mil-Lel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40872/mil-lel/topic/family-households