2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Light · State Electorate
Family & Households in Light
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person households have risen by 3.7 percentage points since 2011 in Light, contributing to a shift in how people live. This area now sees a much higher proportion of one-parent families than most other regions. Over half of all families here are couples with children.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Light — lower than 57% of areas.
| Light | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Light holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 34.2% of homes house two people, those living alone now make up 27.1% of the total.
27.1% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Light, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.7% of the total, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This proportion has risen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 52.9%.
19.7% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Light, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Light [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40028/light/topic/family-households