2.8 ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meadows · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Meadows
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 65% of families in Meadows are couples with children, making it a primary hub for larger households. This is a place where home sizes have grown, with the typical number of people per home rising to 2.8 since 2011.
2.8
▲ +21.7%
- 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 Meadows — higher than 81% of areas.
| Meadows | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5201, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, with 2.8 people per dwelling. This shift is linked to a sharp drop in people living alone, who now make up only 16.2% of households compared to 25.6% nationally.
16.2% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meadows, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are mostly couples, with 64.3% having children. One-parent families make up 11.8% of the total, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
11.8% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meadows, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415027/meadows/topic/family-households