2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Penwortham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Penwortham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Most similar areas have more single-person homes than Penwortham, where family life is more common. This community sees over half of its families consist of couples with children. Typical homes here hold about 2.5 people, matching the national figure.
2.5
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- 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 Penwortham — higher than 50% of areas.
| Penwortham | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5453, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 37.7%. Only 23% of residents live alone, which is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
23.0% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Penwortham, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 54.4% having children and 38.2% without. Only 6.6% are one-parent families, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.
6.6% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Penwortham, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Penwortham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41140/penwortham/topic/family-households