1.6 —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4
- 2021: 1.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Kilda · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person living has become the dominant trend in St Kilda (SA), where 63.8% of homes are now occupied by just one person. This shift has created a community where households are much smaller than those in the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is St Kilda — lower than 97% of areas.
| St Kilda | 1.6 |
|---|---|
| 5110, SA | 2.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home in St Kilda (SA) is very small, with only 1.6 people per home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a huge number of people living alone, far above the South Australian rate of 28.5%.
1.6 —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
63.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In St Kilda, 1 person is the majority at 63%; 2 people is next at 25%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.6% of the area, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Most other families here are couples without children, who account for 53.5% of the total.
18.6% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In St Kilda, Couples without children is the majority at 57%; Couples with children is next at 23%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in St Kilda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41371/st-kilda/topic/family-households