1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Penneshaw · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Penneshaw
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all households in Penneshaw are couples without children. This makes the area feel very different from the state average, with a small typical home size of just 1.9 people and a very high number of people living alone.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Penneshaw — lower than 89% of areas.
| Penneshaw | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5222, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 41.5% of people in their own home, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home is much smaller than most areas, holding only 1.9 people compared to the Australian average of 2.5.
41.5% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Penneshaw splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the biggest group at 48.8%, while couples with children account for 38.1%. One-parent families are much less common at 7.7%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
7.7% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Penneshaw, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 40%.
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 Penneshaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41135/penneshaw/topic/family-households