2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Solomontown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Solomontown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Solomontown than in most similar areas. This creates a smaller typical household size, with an average of 2.1 people per home, which is a little below the figures for South Australia and Australia.
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 Solomontown — lower than 81% of areas.
| Solomontown | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5540, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 40% of residents live by themselves, a figure far above the 28.5% seen across South Australia. These single-person homes are common, making up the largest household group in the area.
40.0% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 40.1%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Solomontown splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.8% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This is among the highest proportions for this family type seen at this level.
26.8% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Solomontown, the largest group is Couples with children at 40%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (27%).
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 Solomontown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41351/solomontown/topic/family-households