1.8 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pelican Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pelican Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all homes in Pelican Point house just two people, making it a place where small households are the norm. The area is mostly made up of couples, with a very low number of larger family groups compared to the rest of the state.
1.8
—
- 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 Point — lower than 91% of areas.
| Pelican Point | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 5291, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here is much smaller than the national figure, with only 1.8 people per dwelling. This is consistent with the 30% of residents who live alone, which is well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
30.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pelican Point, 2 people is the majority at 63%; 1 person is next at 38%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the vast majority of families at 75.5%. There are no one-parent families here, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pelican Point, Couples without children is the majority at 76%; Couples with children is next at 24%.
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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41131/pelican-point/topic/family-households