2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
White Sands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in White Sands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live in each home in White Sands than in most similar areas. This small community is mostly made up of small households, with one-third of residents living alone and a typical home holding only 2.0 people.
2.0
—
- 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 White Sands — lower than 86% of areas.
| White Sands | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5253, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-third of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.0 people is well below the Australian average of 2.5.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In White Sands, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families here. Single-parent families are much less common than in most areas, accounting for only 8.7% of families compared to 14.1% nationally.
8.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In White Sands, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with 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 White Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41579/white-sands/topic/family-households