2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Marys · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in St Marys
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in St Marys, where 58.6% of families fit this description. The area has a mix of family types, but a notably high number of people living on their own compared to other parts of the country.
2.4
→ 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 St Marys — lower than 57% of areas.
| St Marys | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 5042, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 31.5% of households are people living alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. On average, there are 2.4 people per home, a figure that is about the same as the South Australian average.
31.5% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →St Marys splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.7% of the area, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the national average of 14.1% and just a little below the state figure.
13.7% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Marys, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 St Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41373/st-marys/topic/family-households