1.9 ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wirrabara · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wirrabara
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person households has become a defining feature of Wirrabara. Small living arrangements are the norm here, with the typical home holding just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.9
▼ -13.6%
- 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 Wirrabara — lower than 89% of areas.
| Wirrabara | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5481, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 39% of people live alone, a figure far above both the state and national averages. This explains why homes are smaller than most areas, with 48% of households consisting of just two people.
38.9% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wirrabara, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (39%) and 3 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples without children, making up 62.6% of the group. Only 8.9% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.
8.9% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wirrabara, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 29%.
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 Wirrabara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41621/wirrabara/topic/family-households