Wild Dog Valley · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wild Dog Valley

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger home sizes define daily life in Wild Dog Valley, where the typical household has 2.6 people. It is a place where few people live alone and families with children make up the vast majority of homes.

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📍 Wild Dog Valley, Suburb / Locality

Where Wild Dog Valley sits — Average household size

2.6 → 0.0%
  • 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 Wild Dog Valley — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wild Dog Valley2.6
5271, SA 2.4
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 2.6 people per household. This is a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4, and only 18.2% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.

2.6 → 0.0%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

18.2% ▲ +9.1%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.7%
  • 2016: 12.3%
  • 2021: 18.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Wild Dog Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is dominated by couples; those with children make up 60.8% of the area. There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wild Dog Valley, 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 Wild Dog Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41594/wild-dog-valley/topic/family-households