2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Orroroo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Orroroo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 38% of people in Orroroo live alone, a figure far above the Australian average. This high number of single-person homes means that households here are smaller than in most other areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Orroroo — lower than 81% of areas.
| Orroroo | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5431, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Orroroo holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. About 38.1% of households consist of just one person, while 39.4% contain two people.
38.1% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Orroroo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (37%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.6% of the total, a figure well below the national and state averages. More than half of families here are couples with children, at 52.8%.
5.6% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Orroroo, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Orroroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41079/orroroo/topic/family-households