2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Barker Summit · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Barker Summit
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 33% of residents in Mount Barker Summit live alone, a figure well above the national average. This is a place of contrasts, where many single-person households sit alongside homes with several people, leading to a typical home size that is larger than most across Australia.
2.8
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- 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 Mount Barker Summit — higher than 76% of areas.
| Mount Barker Summit | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5251, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household compared to 2.5 nationally. While 32.4% of people live alone—well above the South Australian figure of 28.5%—many homes are quite large, with 17.6% holding five people.
32.4% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Barker Summit splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families at 73.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.8%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
6.8% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Barker Summit, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Mount Barker Summit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40935/mount-barker-summit/topic/family-households