2.9 ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Strathalbyn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Strathalbyn
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Strathalbyn compared to the rest of the country. This is a place where most households are larger than average, with the typical home housing 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
2.9
▼ -14.7%
- 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 Strathalbyn — higher than 81% of areas.
| Strathalbyn | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6530, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 11.4% of people live alone here, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia. This trend helps explain why homes are more crowded than in most areas, with 38.2% of households containing two people and 20.9% containing four.
11.4% ▲ +39.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Strathalbyn, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up the majority of the area at 62.6%. The proportion of one-parent families is 8.8%, which is well below both the Western Australian figure of 13.5% and the national rate of 14.1%.
8.8% ▲ +97.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Strathalbyn, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; 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 Strathalbyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51410/strathalbyn/topic/family-households