3.2 ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
McLaren Flat · Urban Centre
Family & Households in McLaren Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in McLaren Flat holds 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This is a place where large households are the norm and very few people live by themselves. Most homes are anchored by couples raising children together.
3.2
▲ +6.7%
- 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 McLaren Flat — higher than 89% of areas.
| McLaren Flat | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 5171, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, with only 8.5% of households being single-person homes—a figure far below the South Australian average of 28.5%. This helps explain why the usual home size has edged up to 3.2 people, among the highest for similar areas.
8.5% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →McLaren Flat splits fairly evenly between 4 people (29%) and 2 people (28%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 72.7%. One-parent families account for only 8.3% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
8.3% ▲ +44.3%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In McLaren Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 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 McLaren Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415025/mclaren-flat/topic/family-households