2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Virginia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Virginia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Virginia, where 2.8 people typically live in each home. This is much higher than most other areas, reflecting a community where few people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
→ 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 Virginia — higher than 76% of areas.
| Virginia | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5120, SA | 2.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.7% of residents live alone, which is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%. This helps explain why the typical home is larger than usual, with 29.9% of households containing two people and 17.2% holding four.
20.7% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Virginia, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 64.1%. One-parent families account for 12.1%, a figure that is a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.1% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Virginia, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41507/virginia/topic/family-households