2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heysen · State Electorate
Family & Households in Heysen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Heysen, where the typical home holds 2.7 people. This is a family-focused region with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 Heysen — higher than 71% of areas.
| Heysen | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than those in most other areas, a trend that has risen since 2011. Only 18.4% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
18.4% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Heysen, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62% of families in Heysen. This is reflected in the very low rate of one-parent families, which at 8.2% is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
8.2% ▼ -54.0%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Heysen, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Heysen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40022/heysen/topic/family-households