2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wirrulla · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wirrulla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Wirrulla have shifted since 2011, with a current focus on larger households. Most homes here contain more people than in other similar areas, and nearly half of all families are couples raising children.
2.6
—
- 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 Wirrulla — higher than 57% of areas.
| Wirrulla | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 5661, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most areas. While over half of households have two people, 27.6% of residents live alone, a figure slightly above the national average.
27.6% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wirrulla, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (32%) and 1 person (24%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 49.3%. In contrast, one-parent families account for 10.4%, which is well below the figures for both South Australia and the rest of the country.
10.4% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wirrulla, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Wirrulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41625/wirrulla/topic/family-households