2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paradise · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Paradise
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Paradise live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This makes it a place where single-person households are much more common than in most other areas. Despite this, the typical home still holds about 2.4 people, matching the South Australian average.
2.4
▼ -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 Paradise — lower than 57% of areas.
| Paradise | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 5075, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.8% of households consist of one person, and 33% have two people. This high number of single residents is well above the Australian average, though the overall home size remains about the same as the state's.
29.8% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Paradise splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 56.5%. One-parent families account for 12.2%, a figure that is a little below both the South Australian and national averages.
12.2% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paradise, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41101/paradise/topic/family-households