Parrakie · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Parrakie

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.

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Where Parrakie sits — Average household size

2.5 → 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 Parrakie — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Parrakie2.5
5301, SA 2.3
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.8% ▼ -44.3%

Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.8%
  • 2016: 9.1%
  • 2021: 13.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Parrakie, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 5 people (21%) and 1 person (17%).

Families

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.

  • 2011: 14.2%
  • 2016: 16.4%
  • 2021: 9.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Parrakie splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 9%.

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 Parrakie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41117/parrakie/topic/family-households