2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whyalla Norrie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Whyalla Norrie
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 38% of homes in Whyalla Norrie are occupied by just one person, which is far higher than the national figure. This creates a landscape where small households are common and the typical home holds fewer people than most other areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Whyalla Norrie — lower than 81% of areas.
| Whyalla Norrie | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5608, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 38.3% of people living alone, Whyalla Norrie has a much higher proportion of single-person homes than most areas. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4.
38.3% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whyalla Norrie, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 25.2% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children at 45.6% and couples without children at 27.7%.
25.2% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whyalla Norrie, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Norrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41588/whyalla-norrie/topic/family-households