Whitwarta · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Whitwarta

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.

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📍 Whitwarta, Suburb / Locality

Where Whitwarta sits — Average household size

2.8 ▼ -12.5%
  • 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 Whitwarta — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Whitwarta2.8
5461, SA 2.4
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 3.2
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Whitwarta splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 3 people (38%), with 1 person at 23%.

Families

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.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 29.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Whitwarta, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 36%.

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 Whitwarta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41584/whitwarta/topic/family-households