2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Elliot · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Elliot
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are common in Port Elliot, where the typical home holds only 2.1 people. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 2.5 people per home.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Elliot — lower than 81% of areas.
| Port Elliot | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5212, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29% of residents live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Nearly half of all households consist of just two people, making Port Elliot a place with more single-person and couple-only homes than most areas.
29.0% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Elliot, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families here, at 50.7%. One-parent families account for 12.3% of the total, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
12.3% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Elliot, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 37%.
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 Elliot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41194/port-elliot/topic/family-households