2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pennington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pennington
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Pennington live alone, which is well above the national figure. This trend contributes to a diverse mix of home lives, where small single-person households sit alongside a high number of one-parent families.
2.5
→ 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 Pennington — higher than 50% of areas.
| Pennington | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5013, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Australian average. However, 32.7% of households are single people, a rate much higher than most other areas.
32.7% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Pennington splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (29%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.3% of the local total, which is well above the South Australian figure of 14.8%. This is a striking gap compared to most other areas.
21.3% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pennington, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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 Pennington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41136/pennington/topic/family-households