2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Onkaparinga Hills · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Onkaparinga Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Onkaparinga Hills than in most similar areas. The typical household is larger than the national figure, with 2.9 people per home. This creates a community where very few people live on their own.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Onkaparinga Hills — higher than 81% of areas.
| Onkaparinga Hills | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 5163, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 11.5% of people live alone here, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes are larger than usual, with 38.5% of households containing two people and 20.5% holding four.
11.5% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Onkaparinga Hills, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, as 61% of families are couples with children. One-parent families make up 8.6% of the total, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
8.6% ▲ +47.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Onkaparinga Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Onkaparinga Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41076/onkaparinga-hills/topic/family-households