Pelican Lagoon · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Pelican Lagoon

How families and households are made up across the area.

Almost every family in Pelican Lagoon consists of a couple without children, making it a very different demographic profile to the rest of the state. This is a small community where nearly all households are made up of couples, and there are no single-parent families.

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Where Pelican Lagoon sits — Average household size

1.9 —
  • 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 Pelican Lagoon — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Pelican Lagoon1.9
5222, SA 2.0
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are smaller than usual, with just 1.9 people per home. This is well below the South Australian figure of 2.4 and the national figure of 2.5.

1.9 —

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.7
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Pelican Lagoon, 2 people is the majority at 82%; 1 person is next at 18%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up 96.4% of families here. Because there are no couples with children or other family types, the rate of one-parent families is 0%, which is far below the 14.1% national average.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Pelican Lagoon, Couples without children is the majority at 100%.

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 Pelican Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41130/pelican-lagoon/topic/family-households