2.7 ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Roxby Downs · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Roxby Downs
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Roxby Downs, where an average of 2.7 people live in each home. This trend has grown since 2011, resulting in a community where couples with children make up a huge 70.2% of all families.
2.7
▲ +22.7%
- 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 Roxby Downs — higher than 76% of areas.
| Roxby Downs | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5725, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Fewer people live alone here than in most other areas, with that figure falling from 33% in 2011 to 24.1% in 2021. This is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%, and reflects a shift toward larger homes.
24.1% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Roxby Downs splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (24%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 8.7% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a notable drop from 12.7% recorded back in 2011.
8.7% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Roxby Downs, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Roxby Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415039/roxby-downs/topic/family-households