3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Petwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Petwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 71% of families in Petwood are couples with children, making it a family-heavy area. Homes here are typically larger than most, with an average of 3.0 people per household, which is well above the South Australian figure of 2.4.
3.0
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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 Petwood — higher than 86% of areas.
| Petwood | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 5254, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Petwood hold more people than most areas, yet 35.7% of residents live alone. This rate of single-person households is far above the Australian figure of 25.6%.
35.7% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Petwood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 4 people (31%), with 1 person at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and lower than most similar areas.
9.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Petwood, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Petwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41148/petwood/topic/family-households