2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Smoky Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Smoky Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Smoky Bay are occupied by couples without children. This creates a landscape where small households are the norm, with the typical home holding just 2.1 people, which is much lower than in most other areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Smoky Bay — lower than 81% of areas.
| Smoky Bay | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5680, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, as 51.1% of homes hold two people and 27.7% are single-person homes. This means 27.7% of residents live alone, a figure that is higher than in most areas and a little above the national level.
27.7% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Smoky Bay, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 29%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples, with 55.8% having no children and 40.4% having children. Only 6.4% are one-parent families, which is well below the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
6.4% ▲ +30.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Smoky Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 Smoky Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41348/smoky-bay/topic/family-households