1.7 ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moonta · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moonta
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Moonta are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out for having very small households, with a typical home holding only 1.7 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.7
▼ -5.6%
- 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 Moonta — lower than 94% of areas.
| Moonta | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 5558, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More than half of residents (53.3%) live alone, a rate far above the South Australian figure of 28.5%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the area has among the lowest number of people per home in the region.
53.3% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moonta, 1 person is the majority at 54%; 2 people is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.1% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures. Among families here, couples without children are the most common group at 48.4%.
20.1% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moonta, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (29%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Moonta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40914/moonta/topic/family-households