3.2 —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Senior · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Senior
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and bigger families define daily life in Senior, where the typical household has 3.2 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, making it one of the highest-density living arrangements for similar areas.
3.2
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- 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 Senior — higher than 89% of areas.
| Senior | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 5268, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, with only 12.5% of households consisting of one person—a figure far below the 25.6% national average. Instead, large groups are common, as 15.6% of homes hold six or more people.
12.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Senior, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (14%) and 5 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The vast majority of families are couples with children, making up 75.5% of the total. This helps explain why one-parent families are so rare at just 2.9%, which is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
2.9% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Senior, Couples with children is the majority at 77%; 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 Senior [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41332/senior/topic/family-households