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.
Walkley Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Walkley Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Walkley Heights than in most similar areas. This is a family-heavy suburb where 64.3% of households are couples with children, leading to a typical home size that is larger than the state average.
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 Walkley Heights — higher than 71% of areas.
| Walkley Heights | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5098, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.7 people per home, household sizes are a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 22.4%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
22.4% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Walkley Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.3% of the community, while 23.4% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 12.0%, a figure a little below the 14.1% national average.
12.0% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Walkley Heights, 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 Walkley Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41515/walkley-heights/topic/family-households