2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oak Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oak Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
A very high number of single-person homes marks the current social landscape in Oak Valley. While the typical home has 2.3 people, nearly 68% of all households consist of just one person. This creates a unique living pattern where solo dwellers are far more common than in most other Australian areas.
2.3
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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 Oak Valley — lower than 71% of areas.
| Oak Valley | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5690, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 67.9% of households being single-person homes. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%, which helps explain why the typical home size of 2.3 people is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
67.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oak Valley, 1 person is the majority at 54%; 4 people is next at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.3% of the area, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the state and national averages, with couples with children making up the largest family group at 66.1%.
14.3% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oak Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Oak Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41063/oak-valley/topic/family-households