2.6 ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elizabeth · State Electorate
Family & Households in Elizabeth
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-parent homes shapes daily life in Elizabeth, where one in four families are led by a single parent. This is far above the national figure, contributing to a community where households are often larger than those in most other areas.
2.6
▲ +18.2%
- 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 Elizabeth — higher than 57% of areas.
| Elizabeth | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Elizabeth are typically larger than in most areas, with an average of 2.6 people per dwelling. While 27.4% of people live alone, the most common household size is two people at 31%.
27.4% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Elizabeth splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 25.1% of the total, a figure that has risen by 13 percentage points since 2011. This is far above the 14.1% national average, while couples with children account for 53% of families.
25.1% ▲ +113.9%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elizabeth, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Elizabeth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40012/elizabeth/topic/family-households