2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Adelaide · State Electorate
Family & Households in Adelaide
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 39% of people in Adelaide live alone, a figure far above the national average. This means the city has much smaller households than other areas. While many couples live here, a large number of residents reside by themselves in small homes.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Adelaide — lower than 99% of areas.
| Adelaide | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Adelaide holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the high proportion of single-person households, which rose to 38.7% since 2011.
38.7% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Adelaide splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 47.3% of families are couples with children, while 39.9% are couples without. One-parent families make up 10.5% of the total, which is well below the South Australian average of 14.8%.
10.5% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Adelaide, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40001/adelaide/topic/family-households