2.8 ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whitwarta · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 74.4% of families in Whitwarta, making it a place where large family households are very common. This is a sparsely populated area where the typical home holds more people than in most other parts of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Whitwarta — higher than 76% of areas.
| Whitwarta | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5461, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Homes in Whitwarta typically hold 2.8 people. This is much higher than most areas and sits a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4.
2.8 ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whitwarta splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 3 people (38%), with 1 person at 23%.
Family types and one-parent families.
There are no one-parent families in the area, a figure that is far below both the state (14.8%) and national (14.1%) averages.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Whitwarta, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Whitwarta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41584/whitwarta/topic/family-households