3.0 ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Virginia · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Virginia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Virginia, where the typical home now holds 3.0 people. This shift toward bigger households is mirrored by a steep drop in people living alone, which fell to just 13.1% since 2011.
3.0
▲ +42.9%
- 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 Virginia — higher than 87% of areas.
| Virginia | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 5120, SA | 2.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are crowded compared to the rest of the country, with 3.0 people per home being well above the national figure of 2.5. Very few people live alone here, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
13.1% ▼ -65.3%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Virginia, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 3 people (24%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Virginia are couples with children, making up 67.4% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.2%, which is well below the South Australian average of 14.8% and has fallen since 2011.
10.2% ▼ -43.5%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Virginia, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415044/virginia/topic/family-households