2.2 ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Penola · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Penola
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Penola than in the typical Australian suburb. While one-person households are common, the area's typical home now holds 2.2 people, which is a small increase from the 2011 figure of 2.0.
2.2
▲ +10.0%
- 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 Penola — lower than 64% of areas.
| Penola | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5277, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.4% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the national rate of 25.6%. Two-person households are also common at 35.9%, which helps explain why the usual home size is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4 people.
35.4% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Penola splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples with children, while 35.8% are couples without. One-parent families make up 11.6% of the total, which is well below the state figure of 14.8% and has fallen sharply since 2011.
11.6% ▼ -54.6%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Penola, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Penola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415034/penola/topic/family-households