2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Salisbury Downs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Salisbury Downs
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and more single parents have shaped the local makeup of Salisbury Downs over the last decade. The area is now defined by a high proportion of one-parent families, which sit well above the national average.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Downs — higher than 57% of areas.
| Salisbury Downs | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 5108, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly more crowded than the state average, with typically 2.6 people per household. While 28.4% of residents live alone—a figure slightly above the national average—the most common arrangement is a two-person home.
28.4% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Salisbury Downs splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.4% of the area, which is much higher than most other areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most other families are couples with children, who account for 56.7% of the total.
21.4% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Salisbury Downs, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families 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 Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41289/salisbury-downs/topic/family-households