1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Germein · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Germein
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small home sizes are common in Port Germein, where the typical house holds only two people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a very high number of people living on their own.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Germein — lower than 89% of areas.
| Port Germein | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5495, SA | 1.9 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 37.1% of residents live alone, which is far above the Australian average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here has just 1.9 people, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
37.1% ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Germein, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 4 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples without children, making up 53.3% of the group. One-parent families account for 12.2%, which is a little below the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
12.2% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Germein, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 Germein [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41196/port-germein/topic/family-households