3.4 —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Gawler · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Gawler
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a roof in Port Gawler than in most similar areas. This is a place of large households, where the typical home holds 3.4 people—well above the national figure of 2.5. The high number of children and family units defines the local living patterns.
3.4
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- 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 Gawler — higher than 93% of areas.
| Port Gawler | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 5501, SA | 2.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 27.3% of households containing four people and 15.2% holding five. This explains why no one in the area lives alone, a figure far below the South Australian average of 28.5%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Gawler splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 4 people (31%), with 5 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central here, as 68.8% of homes are couples with children. One-parent families make up 12.5% of the total, which is higher than most areas but a little below the national rate of 14.1%.
12.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Gawler, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41195/port-gawler/topic/family-households