1.6 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 1.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wirrina Cove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wirrina Cove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Wirrina Cove are occupied by a single person, a figure far above the national average. This makes it an area of very small households, where the typical home contains just 1.6 people.
1.6
▼ -27.3%
- 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 Wirrina Cove — lower than 97% of areas.
| Wirrina Cove | 1.6 |
|---|---|
| 5204, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 57.7% of residents live alone, which is far above the South Australian figure of 28.5%. Because of this, the number of people per home is well below the national average.
57.7% ▲ +66.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wirrina Cove, 1 person is the majority at 56%; 2 people is next at 32%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.7% of the area, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples without children, accounting for 63.8% of the total.
26.7% ▲ +114.5%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wirrina Cove, Couples without children is the majority at 59%; One-parent families is next at 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 Wirrina Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41624/wirrina-cove/topic/family-households