Narungga · State Electorate

Family & Households in Narungga

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes shape daily life in Narungga, where the typical home now holds just 2.1 people. This is a significant drop from 2011 and reflects a growing trend of people living alone in the area.

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📍 Narungga, State Electorate

Where Narungga sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -19.2%
  • 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 Narungga — lower than 95% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Narungga2.1
Rest of SA 2.3
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 33% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and rose 14 points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than those in the state and Australia.

2.1 ▼ -19.2%

Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.0% ▲ +71.7%

Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 19.2%
  • 2016: 24.2%
  • 2021: 33.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Narungga, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (10%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 44.3%, while one-parent families account for 12.9%, which is a little below the figures for South Australia and Australia.

12.9% ▲ +13.5%

Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 11.3%
  • 2016: 24.6%
  • 2021: 12.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Narungga splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 13%.

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 Narungga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40034/narungga/topic/family-households