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.
Ramsay · State Electorate
Family & Households in Ramsay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-parent families are far more common in Ramsay than in the rest of the state. This area shows a distinct pattern of family life, where 23.2% of families are headed by one parent, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
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 Ramsay — higher than 57% of areas.
| Ramsay | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Ramsay hold slightly more people than the South Australian average, with 2.6 people per dwelling. About 28.8% of households are people living alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has remained steady since 2011.
28.8% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ramsay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, but one-parent families make up 23.2% of the total. This is among the highest proportions for any similar area and sits well above the state average of 14.8%.
23.2% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ramsay, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 23%.
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 Ramsay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40038/ramsay/topic/family-households