2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Riverton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Riverton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Riverton than in most similar areas. This results in a typical home size of 2.1 people, which is a little below both the South Australian and national figures. The community is largely made up of small households and a high number of single-parent families.
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 Riverton — lower than 81% of areas.
| Riverton | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5412, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 35.3% of people live by themselves, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why households are smaller here, with 40.9% of homes containing just two people.
35.3% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Riverton, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples without children are the most common family type at 44.3%.
18.4% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Riverton, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Riverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41263/riverton/topic/family-households