2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Davenport · State Electorate
Family & Households in Davenport
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Davenport compared to the rest of South Australia. This area is shaped by larger households and a high proportion of families, with the typical home holding 2.6 people.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Davenport — higher than 57% of areas.
| Davenport | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with the typical household holding 2.6 people. Only 20% of people live alone, which is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
20.0% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Davenport, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 59%. One-parent families account for 12%, a figure that is a little below the national average and has risen since 2011.
12.0% ▲ +34.3%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Davenport, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; 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 Davenport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40009/davenport/topic/family-households