2.1 ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moonta · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Moonta
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 32% of people in Moonta now live alone, a figure that has jumped 13 percentage points since 2011. This trend has led to smaller households, with the typical home now housing just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -22.2%
- 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 Moonta — lower than 71% of areas.
| Moonta | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5558, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 32.7% of households, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Nearly half of all homes (47.1%) house two people, while the usual household size has fallen since 2011.
32.7% ▲ +63.8%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moonta, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 52.8%. One-parent families make up 13% of the total, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
13.0% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moonta, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 Moonta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415030/moonta/topic/family-households