2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parrakie · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all homes in Parrakie are lived in by couples with children. This creates a family-focused environment where few people live alone, making it much more likely for households to be multi-person than in the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Parrakie — higher than 50% of areas.
| Parrakie | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5301, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 13.8%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes house two people (41.4%), and the typical home has 2.5 people, matching the Australian average.
2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
13.8% ▼ -44.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Parrakie, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 5 people (21%) and 1 person (17%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are common, with 49.2% being couples with children and 47.7% being couples without. Only 9.2% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.2% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Parrakie splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Parrakie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41117/parrakie/topic/family-households