2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whyalla Stuart · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Whyalla Stuart
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge 41.6% of people live alone in Whyalla Stuart, making it an area where small households are the norm. This high number of single-person homes means the typical home here is smaller than those across the state and country.
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 Stuart — lower than 81% of areas.
| Whyalla Stuart | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5608, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 41.6% of residents living by themselves, Whyalla Stuart has one of the highest rates of single-person households for its area. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
41.6% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whyalla Stuart, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. Couples with children are the most common family type at 41.5%, while those without children account for 28.7%.
28.0% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whyalla Stuart, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (28%).
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 Stuart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41590/whyalla-stuart/topic/family-households