2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nelshaby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nelshaby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Nelshaby compared to the rest of the state. This community is mostly made up of multi-person households, with a typical home holding 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Nelshaby — lower than 57% of areas.
| Nelshaby | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 5540, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.7% of residents live alone, a figure well below the Australian average of 25.6%. Most homes are shared, with 54.3% of households consisting of two people.
15.7% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nelshaby, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 40.8%, followed closely by couples with children at 39.5%. One-parent families make up 13.4% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
13.4% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Nelshaby splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Nelshaby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41017/nelshaby/topic/family-households