1.8 ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Peterborough · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Peterborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Peterborough are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the area is far more likely to have people living alone than most other similar places. It is a community where small households are the norm.
1.8
▼ -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 Peterborough — lower than 99% of areas.
| Peterborough | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 5422, SA | 1.9 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Peterborough has only 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 47.5% of people living alone, a figure that has risen 18 points since 2011.
47.5% ▲ +61.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Peterborough, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.9% of the total, which is far above the South Australian figure of 14.8%. This proportion has risen 10 points since 2011, though couples without children remain the most common family type at 42.3%.
26.9% ▲ +60.2%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Peterborough, the largest group is Couples without children at 42%, followed by Couples with children (28%) and One-parent families (27%).
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 Peterborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415035/peterborough/topic/family-households