2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Penrice · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Penrice
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 66.4% of the family groups in Penrice, making it a place dominated by larger family units. This is reflected in the typical home, which holds 2.7 people—a figure that is higher than most other areas.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Penrice — higher than 71% of areas.
| Penrice | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5353, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Fewer people live alone here than in most areas, with only 16.5% of households being one-person homes. This is well below the national figure of 25.6% and far below South Australia's 28.5%.
16.5% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Penrice, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.5% of the local total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
8.5% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Penrice, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Penrice [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41139/penrice/topic/family-households