2.7 ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Point Pearce · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Point Pearce
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 70% of families in Point Pearce are headed by a single parent, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct domestic landscape where households are generally larger than typical, with 2.7 people per home.
2.7
▼ -15.6%
- 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 Point Pearce — higher than 71% of areas.
| Point Pearce | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5573, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the South Australian average, though 26.5% of people still live alone. This is higher than most similar areas, with about 18% of households containing three people.
26.5% ▼ -32.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Point Pearce, the largest group is 1 person at 28%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 2 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 69.1% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is among the highest proportions of one-parent families for any area at this level.
69.1% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 69.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Point Pearce, One-parent families is the majority at 75%; Couples with children is next at 12%.
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 Point Pearce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41172/point-pearce/topic/family-households