1.7 ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paruna · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Paruna
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households have become the norm in Paruna, where over half of all homes are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out for its low density, with a typical home holding far fewer people than the state or national average.
1.7
▼ -34.6%
- 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 Paruna — lower than 94% of areas.
| Paruna | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 5311, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 54.5% of people living alone, Paruna has a far higher rate of single-person households than the Australian figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why there are typically only 1.7 people per home, which is well below the South Australian average of 2.4.
54.5% ▲ +90.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Paruna, 1 person is the majority at 80%; 2 people is next at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The most common family composition is Couples with children at 67%, ahead of Couples without children (60%).
Family composition
View on map →In Paruna, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 47%.
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 Paruna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41119/paruna/topic/family-households