2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Risdon Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Risdon Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Risdon Park compared to the national figure. This creates a distinct household profile where small homes are common and single-person living is the most frequent arrangement.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Risdon Park — lower than 76% of areas.
| Risdon Park | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5540, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.5% of people here live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. Consequently, the typical home in Risdon Park holds 2.2 people, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
36.5% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Risdon Park splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.6% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types are also common, with 47.3% of families being couples with children and 30.1% being couples without.
21.6% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Risdon Park, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Risdon Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41259/risdon-park/topic/family-households