2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Roxby Downs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Roxby Downs
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up a huge 70.2% of families in Roxby Downs, far more than in most similar areas. This strong focus on family life means the town has larger homes and fewer people living on their own than the state average.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Roxby Downs — higher than 71% of areas.
| Roxby Downs | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5725, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger, with 2.7 people per household, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is reflected in the fact that only 24.1% of households are people living alone, a figure well below the state average.
24.1% ▲ +44.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Roxby Downs splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (24%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, while one-parent families make up only 8.7%. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and the state average of 14.8%.
8.7% ▲ +95.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Roxby Downs, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Roxby Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41281/roxby-downs/topic/family-households