2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Petherick · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Petherick
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift in family structures has shaped Petherick, where one-parent families now make up a far higher share of the community than in other areas. This trend is seen in the local housing, where homes are generally more crowded than the state and national averages.
2.8
—
- 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 Petherick — higher than 76% of areas.
| Petherick | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5267, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Petherick are a little more crowded than the national figure, with 2.8 people living in the typical house.
Household size
View on map →In Petherick, 2 people is the majority at 67%; 4 people is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 36.4% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. Other family types include couples with children (50%) and couples without children (45.5%).
36.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Petherick splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and Couples without children (34%), with One-parent families at 28%.
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 Petherick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41146/petherick/topic/family-households