2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Unley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Unley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person homes have become much more common in Unley since 2011. This area now sees 32.8% of households consisting of just one person, which is well above the national figure. Most homes here are small, with a typical household containing only 2.2 people.
2.2
→ 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 Unley — lower than 76% of areas.
| Unley | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5061, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Unley are smaller than most, with only 2.2 people per dwelling. This is partly because people living alone are very common here, making up 32.8% of all households.
32.8% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Unley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.6% of families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.8%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
10.8% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Unley, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Unley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41490/unley/topic/family-households