1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Adelaide · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Adelaide
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small living arrangements are common in Port Adelaide, where 43.5% of people live alone. This creates a landscape of smaller households compared to the rest of the state. These figures suggest a place where single-person homes are far more typical than the national average.
1.9
→ 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 Port Adelaide — lower than 89% of areas.
| Port Adelaide | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5015, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With only 1.9 people per home, Port Adelaide is well below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which are among the highest for similar areas.
43.5% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.0%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Adelaide, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.5% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures. Couples without children are the most common family type at 41.2%.
20.5% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Adelaide, the largest group is Couples without children at 41%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Port Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41187/port-adelaide/topic/family-households