Pygery · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Pygery

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households than most similar areas define Pygery, where 2.9 people typically live in each home. This is a family-focused community with very few people living alone and no recorded one-parent families.

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📍 Pygery, Suburb / Locality

Where Pygery sits — Average household size

2.9
  • 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 Pygery — higher than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Pygery2.9
5652, SA 2.3
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes in Pygery are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, with 36.4% of households containing three people. Only 18.2% of residents live alone, which is far below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.

2.9

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

18.2%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.0%
  • 2021: 18.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Pygery, 3 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 27%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 82.4% of families here, while those without children account for 17.6%. There are no one-parent families in the area, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Pygery, Couples with children is the majority at 82%; Couples without children is next at 18%.

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 Pygery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41230/pygery/topic/family-households