2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sanderston · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
About half of all families in Sanderston are couples with children. This small community has a tendency toward smaller households, with only two people living in the typical home.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Sanderston — lower than 86% of areas.
| Sanderston | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5237, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Smaller living arrangements are common here, with only 2.0 people per home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because people living alone make up 33.3% of households, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Sanderston, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (22%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are split almost evenly between couples with children (50.9%) and those without (49.1%). Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, which is far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Sanderston, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 49%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Sanderston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41302/sanderston/topic/family-households