2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whyalla · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Whyalla
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living on their own shapes daily life in Whyalla, where 36.5% of households are single-person homes. This is far above the national figure, contributing to a smaller typical household size than in most other areas.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Whyalla — lower than 64% of areas.
| Whyalla | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5608, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Whyalla has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because the share of people living alone has risen to 36.5% since 2011, a rate well above the South Australian average.
36.5% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Whyalla splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.4% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures. These families are more common here than in most similar areas, with the proportion edging up since 2011.
20.4% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whyalla, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Whyalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL412004/whyalla/topic/family-households