2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Para Hills · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Para Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in Para Hills are couples with children, making it a primary hub for parents. This focus on family life is reflected in the typical home, which holds 2.6 people—a figure slightly above the South Australian average.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Para Hills — higher than 57% of areas.
| Para Hills | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 5096, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often fuller than in other areas, with 23% of people living alone, which is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%. The most common household size is two people, accounting for 34.3% of all homes.
23.0% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Para Hills, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.3% of the community, a rate well above both the state and national figures. While couples with children are the most common group at 54.3%, couples without children account for 24.4% of families.
19.3% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Para Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Para Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41096/para-hills/topic/family-households