2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wolseley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wolseley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Wolseley, where an average of 2.7 people live in each home. This is a family-focused community where over 60% of households consist of couples with children.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Wolseley — higher than 71% of areas.
| Wolseley | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5269, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often more crowded than the South Australian average of 2.4 people. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 21.9%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.9% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wolseley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the community, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
17.8% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wolseley, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Wolseley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41630/wolseley/topic/family-households