Ward Hill · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Ward Hill

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.

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📍 Ward Hill, Suburb / Locality

Where Ward Hill sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Ward Hill — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Ward Hill2.5
5522, SA 1.9
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.8%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 30.0%
  • 2021: 20.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Ward Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 5 people (19%).

Families

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.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Ward Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 39%.

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 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