2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Para Hills West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Para Hills West
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person homes defines daily life in Para Hills West. The area is marked by a much larger share of people living alone compared to most other parts of the country, with 34.2% of all households consisting of just one person.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 West — lower than 71% of areas.
| Para Hills West | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5096, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here is smaller than the national figure, with 2.3 people per dwelling. This is driven by the fact that 34.2% of residents live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
34.2% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Para Hills West splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.1% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% national average. While over half of families are couples with children, the share of single-parent homes is much higher than in most similar areas.
22.1% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Para Hills West, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41097/para-hills-west/topic/family-households