2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stirling · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Stirling
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 62.4% of families in Stirling (SA), far more than the state or national average. This is a place where larger family units are common, and fewer people live by themselves compared to most of Australia.
2.6
→ 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 Stirling — higher than 57% of areas.
| Stirling | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 5152, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 22.5% of people live alone, a figure well below the South Australian average of 28.5%.
22.5% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Stirling, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.3% of the local total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families are couples, with 29.1% having no children.
8.3% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stirling, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41384/stirling/topic/family-households