2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Purnong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Purnong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes have become the norm in Purnong, where the typical home now holds only 2.0 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a shift toward smaller living arrangements across the area.
2.0
—
- 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 Purnong — lower than 86% of areas.
| Purnong | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5238, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Purnong hold just two people, making the typical household size much lower than most areas. Those living alone make up 23.8% of households, which is a little below the Australian figure of 25.6%.
23.8% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Purnong, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (24%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families here are almost exclusively couples, with 48.7% being couples without children and 43.6% being couples with children. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Purnong, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 47%.
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 Purnong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41227/purnong/topic/family-households