2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barmera · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Barmera
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 43% of people in Barmera live alone, which is far above the national figure. This trend has grown since 2011, making it an area where small households are the norm. The result is a community where homes are typically smaller than in most other parts of Australia.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Barmera — lower than 86% of areas.
| Barmera | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5345, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Barmera has just 2.0 people, which is well below the Australian average of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which make up 43.1% of all homes.
43.1% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barmera, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.7% of the local total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. While this proportion fell slightly since 2011, it remains much higher than in most similar areas.
21.7% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Barmera splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (36%), with One-parent families at 22%.
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 Barmera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415005/barmera/topic/family-households