2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pooraka · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pooraka
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families than the national average defines Pooraka. While the typical home size matches the rest of Australia, the area has a distinct mix of small households and single-parent homes.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Pooraka — higher than 50% of areas.
| Pooraka | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5095, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.7% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes house two people (30.4%) or one person (28.7%), with a typical size of 2.5 people per home.
28.7% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Pooraka splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.9% of the local mix, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 57.7%.
17.9% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pooraka, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Pooraka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41185/pooraka/topic/family-households