2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moorak · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moorak
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 62% of families in Moorak are couples with children, making it a very family-heavy area. This high proportion of children and larger family units means homes here are typically more crowded than in most other parts of the country.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Moorak — higher than 76% of areas.
| Moorak | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5291, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Moorak hold 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with very few people living alone, at just 15.3%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
15.3% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moorak, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (15%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.6% of the local total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Most families here are couples, with 62.4% raising children and another 29.2% without children.
6.6% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moorak, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Moorak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40917/moorak/topic/family-households