2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ridleyton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ridleyton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of single-person homes defines the recent social makeup of Ridleyton. The area is now far more likely to be home to people living alone than the national average, with 40.3% of households consisting of just one person.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Ridleyton — lower than 81% of areas.
| Ridleyton | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5008, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, which helps explain why the typical home in Ridleyton holds only 2.1 people. This is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4.
40.3% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ridleyton, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of the families here are couples with children. One-parent families make up 13.3%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
13.3% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ridleyton, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Ridleyton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41258/ridleyton/topic/family-households