2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Williamstown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Williamstown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a common sight in Williamstown, where 2.7 people typically live in each home. This is higher than most areas and reflects a community where few people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Williamstown — higher than 71% of areas.
| Williamstown | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5351, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 19.7% of residents live alone, which is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%. This explains why homes here are larger than usual, with 34.3% of households containing two people and 17.6% holding four.
19.7% ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Williamstown, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 61.5%. One-parent families account for 10.0% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.0% ▲ +49.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Williamstown, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 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 Williamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41602/williamstown/topic/family-households