2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sherlock · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sherlock
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in Sherlock than in most similar areas. This sparsely populated region sees a high number of single-person households, though couples with children still make up a large part of the family mix.
2.3
—
- 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 Sherlock — lower than 71% of areas.
| Sherlock | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5301, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, with 35.5% of residents living alone, which is well above the South Australian figure of 28.5%. The typical home holds 2.3 people, slightly below the national figure of 2.5.
35.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sherlock splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
There are no one-parent families in Sherlock, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Most families consist of couples with children (61%) or couples without children (42.4%).
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sherlock, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Sherlock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41340/sherlock/topic/family-households