2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paracombe · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Paracombe
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Paracombe than in most similar areas. It is a place where few people live alone, with 60.4% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Paracombe — higher than 76% of areas.
| Paracombe | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5132, SA | 2.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Paracombe holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 13.6% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.6% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Paracombe, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is dominated by couples, with one-parent families making up just 3.7% of the total. This is far below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
3.7% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paracombe, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Paracombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41100/paracombe/topic/family-households