The Pines · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in The Pines

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over half of all households in The Pines are made up of just one person. This makes it a place where living alone is far more common than in the rest of South Australia, with the typical home holding only 1.7 people.

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📍 The Pines, Suburb / Locality

Where The Pines sits — Average household size

1.7
  • 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 The Pines — lower than 94% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
The Pines1.7
5577, SA 2.0
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 52.7% of people here live alone, a figure far above the 28.5% seen across South Australia. Because of this, the number of people per home is well below the national figure of 2.5.

1.7

Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 1.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

52.7%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 38.8%
  • 2021: 52.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In The Pines, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (40%) and 4 people (10%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 58.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 7.9% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

7.9%

Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.0%
  • 2021: 7.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In The Pines, Couples without children is the majority at 63%; Couples with 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 The Pines [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41441/the-pines/topic/family-households