1.8 ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thompson Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Thompson Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Thompson Beach are occupied by just one person, which is far above the national figure. This creates a community where small households are the norm, with a typical home holding only 1.8 people. This is well below the South Australian average of 2.4.
1.8
▼ -18.2%
- 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 Thompson Beach — lower than 91% of areas.
| Thompson Beach | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 5501, SA | 2.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 47.9% of the area, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Consequently, the number of people per home is among the lowest for similar areas.
47.9% ▲ +51.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Thompson Beach, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (38%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.5% of the community, which is much higher than most areas. This group is a little above the national average of 14.1%, while couples with and without children each account for 44.8% of families.
15.5% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Thompson Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Thompson Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41446/thompson-beach/topic/family-households