2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Willunga · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Willunga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Port Willunga have remained steady since 2011, but the community now sees a higher share of people living alone. More than 30% of residents live by themselves, and the area has a notably high number of single-parent families.
2.3
→ 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 Willunga — lower than 71% of areas.
| Port Willunga | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5173, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Port Willunga houses 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that 30.1% of people live alone, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
30.1% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Willunga splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.1% of the local total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the South Australian figure of 14.8%. Meanwhile, couples with children represent the largest group at 51%.
21.1% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Willunga, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Willunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41216/port-willunga/topic/family-households