2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Prospect
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Prospect houses 2.5 people, mirroring the national figure. Most of the community lives in small groups, with two-person households being the most common arrangement for residents here.
2.5
→ 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 Prospect — higher than 50% of areas.
| Prospect | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5082, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.4% of people live alone, which is higher than most similar areas. Two-person households are the most frequent, making up 32% of all homes in the area.
26.4% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Prospect, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is largely centered on couples with children, who make up 61.9% of families. One-parent families account for 10.5%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
10.5% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Prospect, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; 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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41220/prospect/topic/family-households