2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Surrey Downs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Surrey Downs
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Surrey Downs are couples with children, making it a primary hub for family life. This community has a typical household size of 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
→ 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 Surrey Downs — higher than 50% of areas.
| Surrey Downs | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5126, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 23.5% of people here live alone, which is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 34.6% of all households.
23.5% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Surrey Downs, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.7% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
16.7% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Surrey Downs, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Surrey Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41410/surrey-downs/topic/family-households