3.4 —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Waterfall Gully · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Waterfall Gully
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge gap exists between the typical home in Waterfall Gully and the rest of the country, with 3.4 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is one of the most crowded home environments in the region, where large families are the norm and very few people live by themselves.
3.4
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- 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 Waterfall Gully — higher than 93% of areas.
| Waterfall Gully | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 5066, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few residents live alone here, at just 8.5%, which is far below the South Australian figure of 28.5%. Instead, 34% of households contain four people, contributing to a typical home size that is well above both state and national levels.
8.5% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Waterfall Gully, the largest group is 4 people at 42%, followed by 2 people (26%) and 5 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 72.8%. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 7.5%, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
7.5% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Waterfall Gully, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Waterfall Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41545/waterfall-gully/topic/family-households