2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Poonindie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Poonindie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in Poonindie since 2011, with a typical home now holding 2.9 people. This is a family-focused area where very few residents live on their own compared to the rest of the state.
2.9
—
- 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 Poonindie — higher than 81% of areas.
| Poonindie | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 5607, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per dwelling, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 9.2% of people live alone, a rate far below the South Australian average of 28.5%.
9.2% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Poonindie, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are couples with children, making up 63.8% of the community. One-parent families account for 14.7%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
14.7% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Poonindie, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Poonindie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41184/poonindie/topic/family-households