2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Penola · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Penola
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest family group in Penola, representing 53% of all families. While families are common, the area has a much higher rate of people living alone than most other similar places.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Penola — lower than 76% of areas.
| Penola | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5277, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Penola has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 33.3% of residents live alone, a rate well above both the state and national figures.
33.3% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Penola splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family setups are mostly couples, with 53% having children and 35.8% without. Only 10.4% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.4% ▲ +30.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Penola, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Penola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41137/penola/topic/family-households