2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Black · State Electorate
Family & Households in Black
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Black compared to the rest of the state, where only 20.1% of households are single-person. This makes the area stand out as a place where residents are much more likely to live in larger family groups. Most homes here are occupied by couples, with nearly 60% raising children.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Black — higher than 57% of areas.
| Black | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Black are slightly larger than the national figure, with 2.6 people per household. This is driven by a low number of single-person homes, which has fallen 6.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 20.1%.
20.1% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Black, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, as 59.8% of families are couples with children. One-parent families make up 11.7% of the total, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
11.7% ▲ +26.6%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Black, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Black [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40003/black/topic/family-households