2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Salisbury Plain · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Salisbury Plain
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 60.1% of families in Salisbury Plain, making them the most common household type. This area has larger households than typical, with a high proportion of one-parent families compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Salisbury Plain — higher than 57% of areas.
| Salisbury Plain | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 5109, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4. About 28.9% of households consist of one person, a rate well above the national figure of 25.6%.
28.9% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Salisbury Plain splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.1% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. The rest of the family group consists mostly of couples, with 20% having no children.
19.1% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Salisbury Plain, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Salisbury Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41294/salisbury-plain/topic/family-households