2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Penong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Penong
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person homes defines Penong, where 38.1% of people live alone. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to most other areas.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Penong — lower than 71% of areas.
| Penong | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5690, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 38.1% of residents live alone, which is much higher than most areas and well above the South Australian figure of 28.5%. Because of this, Penong has 2.3 people per home, slightly lower than the national figure of 2.5.
38.1% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Penong splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Over half of all families in Penong are couples with children, at 51.4%.
18.3% ▲ +90.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Penong, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Penong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41138/penong/topic/family-households