1.8 ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Terowie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Terowie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Terowie are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area stand out for its very small household sizes, with far fewer people living under one roof than in most other parts of the country.
1.8
▼ -14.3%
- 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 Terowie — lower than 91% of areas.
| Terowie | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 5421, SA | 1.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Terowie is very small, holding only 1.8 people, which is well below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is driven by the fact that 52.6% of households consist of a single person.
52.6% ▲ +48.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Terowie, 1 person is the majority at 58%; 2 people is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 41.5% of families are couples with children, while 15.4% are one-parent families, a proportion that is much higher than in most similar areas.
15.4% ▲ +122.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Terowie splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Terowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41439/terowie/topic/family-households