2.5 ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Salisbury · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Salisbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Salisbury compared to the rest of the country. While the typical home size matches the national figure, the area has a notable concentration of single-person households and one-parent families.
2.5
▲ +13.6%
- 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 Salisbury — higher than 50% of areas.
| Salisbury | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5108, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-third of the population, or 34.9%, live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical household size is 2.5 people, which is about the same as across South Australia and Australia.
34.9% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Salisbury, the largest group is 1 person at 35%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.4% of households, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most other families are couples with children, who account for 57.2% of the total.
20.4% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Salisbury, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Salisbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41288/salisbury/topic/family-households