2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stuart · State Electorate
Family & Households in Stuart
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes and a high number of people living alone shape daily life in Stuart. This is a place where nearly 35% of homes are occupied by just one person, which is well above the national figure.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Stuart — lower than 90% of areas.
| Stuart | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Stuart hold 2.2 people, a figure that is a little below the South Australian average and has edged down since 2011. This is partly because people living alone now make up 34.8% of households, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas.
34.8% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Stuart splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.1% of the local total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children account for 46.5% of families.
19.1% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stuart, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (33%) 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 Stuart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40041/stuart/topic/family-households