2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Reeves Plains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Reeves Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Reeves Plains than in the rest of the country, with only 7.5% of households consisting of one person. This creates a landscape dominated by larger homes and family units, where the typical household is noticeably bigger than the state and national figures.
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 Reeves Plains — higher than 81% of areas.
| Reeves Plains | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 5502, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with 2.9 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that 42.5% of homes house two people and 32.5% hold four.
7.5% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Reeves Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (30%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are family-based, with 64.4% being couples with children. One-parent families make up 9.9% of the mix, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Reeves Plains, 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 Reeves Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41244/reeves-plains/topic/family-households