2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Osborne · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Osborne
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-parent homes is a standout feature of daily life in Osborne. One-parent families make up 25.6% of the area, a figure far above the national average. This helps explain why households here are often smaller than in other parts of the country.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Osborne — lower than 71% of areas.
| Osborne | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5017, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.7% of people live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Osborne holds 2.3 people, slightly lower than the national figure of 2.5.
29.7% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Osborne splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are among the highest in the region at 25.6%, which is far above the South Australian rate of 14.8%. These families sit alongside couples with children, who make up 47.2% of the local mix.
25.6% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Osborne, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (26%).
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 Osborne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41080/osborne/topic/family-households