2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Loxton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Loxton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Loxton live alone, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area's homes smaller on average than those in most other similar places. The typical household is smaller than the state and national average, a trend that has remained steady since 2011.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Loxton — lower than 64% of areas.
| Loxton | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5333, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.9% of people live by themselves, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is much higher than across Australia. Consequently, the typical home in Loxton holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
34.9% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Loxton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.3% of families here. One-parent families account for 16.4%, which is a little above the national figure and has risen slightly since 2011.
16.4% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Loxton, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Loxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415021/loxton/topic/family-households