2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paisley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Paisley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-person households are the most common arrangement in Paisley, making up 40% of all homes. The area has a high proportion of people living alone and very few single-parent families compared to the rest 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 Paisley — lower than 71% of areas.
| Paisley | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5357, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.7% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than most, with 2.3 people per household.
36.7% ▲ +63.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Paisley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47% of families, while one-parent families are completely absent at 0%. This is far below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paisley, 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 Paisley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41089/paisley/topic/family-households