2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sefton Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sefton Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living arrangements in Sefton Park have remained steady since 2011, with 2.5 people typically sharing a home. This mirrors the national figure and highlights a balanced mix of family homes and single-person households.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Sefton Park — higher than 50% of areas.
| Sefton Park | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5083, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28% of people here live alone, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 30.2% of all homes.
28.0% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sefton Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, who make up 61.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.7%, a figure that is well below both the South Australian and national averages.
10.7% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sefton Park, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Sefton Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41326/sefton-park/topic/family-households