2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moorlands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moorlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward larger living arrangements has occurred in Moorlands, where an average of 2.8 people now live in each home. This figure is much higher than most similar areas and sits above both the state and national figures.
2.8
—
- 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 Moorlands — higher than 76% of areas.
| Moorlands | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5301, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common at 57.1%. Despite this, 28.6% of people live alone, which is higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 25.6%.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moorlands, 2 people is the majority at 67%; 1 person is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.9% of families, while couples without children account for 40%. One-parent families are rare at 7.3%, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
7.3% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moorlands, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Moorlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40918/moorlands/topic/family-households