2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tailem Bend · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tailem Bend
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has shaped Tailem Bend, where over a third of residents now live alone. This is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas, resulting in a typical household size of just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Tailem Bend — lower than 81% of areas.
| Tailem Bend | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5260, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 36.6% of people living alone—a figure far above the national average. This helps explain why the 2.1 people per home is lower than the typical Australian figure of 2.5.
36.6% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Tailem Bend splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (37%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 22% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 40.4% and couples without children at 36%.
22.0% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Tailem Bend splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (36%), with One-parent families at 22%.
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 Tailem Bend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41416/tailem-bend/topic/family-households