Reynella East · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Reynella East

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live alone in Reynella East than in most similar areas. This trend is reflected in the local housing patterns, where a high number of single-person homes makes the area's typical household size smaller than the national figure.

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📍 Reynella East, Suburb / Locality

Where Reynella East sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -4.2%
  • 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 Reynella East — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Reynella East2.3
5161, SA 2.4
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 32.1% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Reynella East has 2.3 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.

2.3 ▼ -4.2%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.1% ▲ +27.1%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.2%
  • 2016: 30.2%
  • 2021: 32.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Reynella East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 17.3% of the local total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 33.2% are couples without children.

17.3% ▲ +18.6%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.6%
  • 2016: 14.7%
  • 2021: 17.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Reynella East, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (17%).

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 Reynella East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41254/reynella-east/topic/family-households