2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Prospect Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Prospect Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households have become the norm in Prospect Hill, where 2.9 people typically live in each home. This is much higher than in most other areas. The neighborhood is primarily made up of families, with very few people living on their own compared to state and national figures.
2.9
→ 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 Hill — higher than 81% of areas.
| Prospect Hill | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 5201, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household. This is a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4, which helps explain why only 18% of people live alone—a rate well below the 25.6% national average.
18.0% ▲ +70.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Prospect Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Prospect Hill are couples with children, making up 67.9% of the total. One-parent families account for 14.5% of the area, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
14.5% ▲ +82.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Prospect Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41221/prospect-hill/topic/family-households