1.8 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Second Valley · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Second Valley, where 41.3% of people live alone. This is far above the national figure, creating a community of mostly single-person or couple-only homes.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Second Valley — lower than 91% of areas.
| Second Valley | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 5204, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
With only 1.8 people per home, Second Valley is well below the Australian average of 2.5. Nearly half of all households contain just two people, while those living alone are far more common here than in the rest of South Australia.
1.8 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
41.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Second Valley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (50%) and 1 person (46%), with 3 people at 4%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are completely absent here, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Most families are couples without children, who make up 65.6% of the local family mix.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Second Valley, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Second Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41323/second-valley/topic/family-households