2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Adelaide · State Electorate
Family & Households in Port Adelaide
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living mark Port Adelaide compared to most similar areas. While many homes still house couples with children, a growing number of residents now live alone. This shift has pushed the typical number of people per home down to 2.3.
2.3
▼ -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 Port Adelaide — lower than 86% of areas.
| Port Adelaide | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More than 32% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This high number of single-person households helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.3 people, which is lower than most other areas.
32.4% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Adelaide splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.6% of the total, which is well above the state and national figures. This proportion has risen since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 49.9%.
18.6% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Adelaide, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (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 Port Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40037/port-adelaide/topic/family-households