2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moorook South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moorook South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Moorook South than in the rest of the country, with 36.8% of households consisting of just one person. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size, with only 2.0 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Moorook South — lower than 86% of areas.
| Moorook South | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5332, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.8% of residents live alone, which is far above the Australian figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the 2.0 people per home here is well below the national average.
36.8% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moorook South, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 65.1%. One-parent families account for 16.5% of the total, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
16.5% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moorook South, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 25%.
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 Moorook South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40920/moorook-south/topic/family-households