2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Hughes · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Hughes
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical home in Port Hughes, which is much lower than most similar areas. This makes for a small household size across the community, with couples without children making up the largest group of families.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Hughes — lower than 81% of areas.
| Port Hughes | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5558, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 58.8%, while those living alone make up 21.3%. This share of single-person households is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
21.3% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Hughes, 2 people is the majority at 60%; 1 person is next at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children dominate the family landscape at 61.0%. Only 7.4% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
7.4% ▲ +100.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Hughes, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 30%.
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 Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41198/port-hughes/topic/family-households