3.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Penfield Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Penfield Gardens
How families and households are made up across the area.
Three people per home is the norm in Penfield Gardens, a figure well above the South Australian average of 2.4. This area is defined by much larger households and far fewer people living alone than is typical for the state.
3.0
→ 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 Penfield Gardens — higher than 86% of areas.
| Penfield Gardens | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 5121, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than most, with 3.0 people per dwelling. This helps explain why only 17.0% of people live alone, which is far below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
17.0% ▲ +61.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Penfield Gardens, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 63.8% of the local mix. One-parent families account for only 6.3%, a proportion that is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.3% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Penfield Gardens, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Penfield Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41134/penfield-gardens/topic/family-households