2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Sturt · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Upper Sturt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 63.2% of families in Upper Sturt. This is a place where large households are common, and very few people live by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Upper Sturt — higher than 71% of areas.
| Upper Sturt | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5156, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 15.9% of residents live alone, a figure that is far below the South Australian rate of 28.5%.
15.9% ▲ +16.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Sturt, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 7.0% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 63.2% having children and 28.6% without.
7.0% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upper Sturt, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Upper Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41494/upper-sturt/topic/family-households