Red Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Red Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

A typical home in Red Creek holds 3.4 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it a place where households are much larger than those in most other areas across the state and country.

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Where Red Creek sits — Average household size

3.4
  • 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 Red Creek — higher than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Red Creek3.4
5255, SA 2.5
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are large, with 44.2% of households containing four or five people. This is reflected in the fact that only 18.6% of people live alone, a figure well below the South Australian average of 28.5%.

3.4

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

18.6%

Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 18.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Red Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 5 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 77.9% of families in the area. There are no one-parent families here, which is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Red Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 23%.

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 Red Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41239/red-creek/topic/family-households