2.4 ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sherwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sherwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost no single-parent families live in Sherwood, where the typical home is occupied by a couple with children. This small community is dominated by traditional family structures, with a few people living alone making up about a quarter of the households.
2.4
▼ -17.2%
- 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 Sherwood — lower than 57% of areas.
| Sherwood | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 5267, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Sherwood has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the South Australian and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 40%, while 25.7% of people live alone.
25.7% ▲ +99.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sherwood, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.8%. Notably, the 0.0% of one-parent families is far below the national figure of 14.1% and the state's 14.8%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sherwood, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41341/sherwood/topic/family-households