2.8 ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Playford · State Electorate
Family & Households in Playford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are a defining feature of Playford, where residents typically live in groups of 2.8 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5 and reflects a community where fewer people live alone compared to most other areas.
2.8
▲ +12.0%
- 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 Playford — higher than 79% of areas.
| Playford | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.8 people live in each home, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is higher than the South Australian average of 2.4. Only 21.9% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.9% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Playford, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.8%. One-parent families account for 17.6% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
17.6% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Playford, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Playford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40036/playford/topic/family-households