2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Somerton Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Somerton Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Somerton Park compared to the rest of the country. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than the national figure, with 34.5% of homes housing just one person.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Somerton Park — lower than 76% of areas.
| Somerton Park | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5044, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.2 people, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which are well above the national rate of 25.6%.
34.5% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Somerton Park splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.9% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 10.5%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.5% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Somerton Park, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Somerton Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41352/somerton-park/topic/family-households