2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ward Hill · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up a huge 77.3% of families in Ward Hill. This high proportion of families with kids helps explain why far fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Ward Hill — higher than 50% of areas.
| Ward Hill | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5522, SA | 1.9 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home in Ward Hill houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 20.8% of households consist of one person, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
20.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Ward Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 5 people (19%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are completely absent here at 0.0%, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. Half of all families are couples without children.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Ward Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Ward Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41535/ward-hill/topic/family-households