2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Norwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Norwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Norwood than in most other Australian suburbs. This trend means the area has a much lower typical household size than the national figure, with only 2.0 people per home.
2.0
→ 0.0%
- 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 Norwood — lower than 86% of areas.
| Norwood | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5067, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are common here, making up 38.2% of all homes. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%, which helps explain why the typical home in Norwood is smaller than those in most other areas.
38.2% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Norwood splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46% of families, while those without children account for 40%. One-parent families represent 11.9% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.9% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Norwood, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Norwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41053/norwood/topic/family-households