2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Finniss · State Electorate
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people live alone in Finniss, a figure well above the national average. This creates a trend where homes are smaller and hold fewer people than in other parts of the country. Most households here consist of just one or two people.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Finniss — lower than 95% of areas.
| Finniss | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home in Finniss holds 2.1 people, which is among the lowest for similar areas and has fallen since 2011. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, which rose to 31.9% over the last decade.
2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.9% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Finniss, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (10%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 47.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.6% of the total, which is a little below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
12.6% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Finniss, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (13%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Finniss [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40014/finniss/topic/family-households