Pages Flat · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Pages Flat

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger homes are a defining feature of daily life in Pages Flat, where the typical household is far larger than in most other areas. With 3.0 people per home, it is well above the South Australian figure of 2.4. This makes the area stand out as a place dominated by larger family groups.

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📍 Pages Flat, Suburb / Locality

Where Pages Flat sits — Average household size

3.0
  • 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 Pages Flat — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Pages Flat3.0
5172, SA 2.6
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Few people live alone here, with only 13.0% of households being single-person homes, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Instead, most homes are busier, with 35.2% containing two people and 31.5% containing three.

3.0

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.0%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 20.4%
  • 2021: 13.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Pages Flat splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 3 people (26%), with 4 people at 18%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

The area is overwhelmingly made up of couples with children, who make up 73.1% of families. This helps explain why one-parent families are so rare here, at just 3.2%, which is far below the state average of 14.8%.

3.2%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 3.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Pages Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 24%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Pages Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41088/pages-flat/topic/family-households