2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pata · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Pata have remained steady over the last decade, though they differ from the wider state. A typical home here holds 2.3 people, with couples without children making up a large portion of the local families.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Pata — lower than 71% of areas.
| Pata | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5333, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Far fewer people live alone in Pata compared to the rest of the country, at just 14.3%. The most common household size is two people, who make up 42.9% of all homes.
2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
14.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Pata, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (15%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 40.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 11.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.1% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Pata splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 12%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Pata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41122/pata/topic/family-households