2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tailem Bend · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tailem Bend
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living and lone parents set Tailem Bend apart from most similar areas. The typical home here holds just 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This shift toward smaller households has grown since 2011.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Tailem Bend — lower than 71% of areas.
| Tailem Bend | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5260, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A significant 37.4% of people live alone, a figure far above the Australian average of 25.6%. This rise in solo living helps explain why the typical home size has fallen from 2.3 to 2.1 people over the last decade.
37.4% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Tailem Bend splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (38%), with 4 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.7% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This has risen by 7.2 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children now account for 37.3% of families.
25.7% ▲ +38.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Tailem Bend splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (37%) and Couples without children (36%), with One-parent families at 26%.
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 Tailem Bend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415040/tailem-bend/topic/family-households