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.
King · State Electorate
Family & Households in King
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living alone in King than they were in 2011, reflecting a shift toward larger households. This area is now characterized by a high number of families, with about 60% of families consisting of couples with 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 King — higher than 57% of areas.
| King | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in King hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This trend is linked to a drop in people living alone, who now make up 22.0% of households—well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
22.0% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In King, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 60.3% of families. One-parent families account for 13.6%, a figure that has fallen 4.2 percentage points since 2011 and sits slightly below the state average.
13.6% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In King, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children 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 King [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40026/king/topic/family-households