2.0 ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highcroft · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Highcroft
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up 65.4% of families in Highcroft, the most common living arrangement here. The area has very few people living alone and smaller typical households compared to the rest of the state.
2.0
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Highcroft — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Highcroft holds just 2 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. Only 13.6% of people live alone, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
13.6% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Highcroft, 2 people is the majority at 61%; 3 people is next at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.1% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas.
23.1% ▲ +50.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Highcroft, Couples without children is the majority at 63%; One-parent families is next at 22%.
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 Highcroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60273/highcroft/topic/family-households