3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northgate · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Northgate
How families and households are made up across the area.
Three people per home is the typical size in Northgate, a figure well above the South Australian average. This is a high-density living area where large households are common and very few people live by themselves.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 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 Northgate — higher than 86% of areas.
| Northgate | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 5085, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with 3.0 people per dwelling compared to 2.5 nationally. Only 13.4% of residents live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
13.4% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Northgate splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 70.2% of the total. One-parent families account for 9.3%, a figure well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.3% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northgate, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Northgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41051/northgate/topic/family-households