2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whyalla · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Whyalla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Whyalla are occupied by just one person. This means the area has a much higher proportion of single-person households than most other places, leading to a smaller typical household size than the national figure.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Whyalla — lower than 76% of areas.
| Whyalla | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5600, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is driven by the 33.6% of people living alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
33.6% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Whyalla splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.9% of families, while those without children account for 34.4%. One-parent families make up 11.0%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.0% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whyalla, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Whyalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41585/whyalla/topic/family-households