2.1 ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beachport · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Beachport
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all households in Beachport are made up of just two people. This creates a residential profile where small homes are common and single-person living is far more frequent than in the rest of the country.
2.1
▲ +10.5%
- 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 Beachport — lower than 71% of areas.
| Beachport | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5280, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.5% of people here live alone, a figure well above the national average. While the typical home holds 2.1 people, this is slightly lower than the South Australian figure of 2.4.
32.5% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Beachport, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (6%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 7.2% of the population, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure. Couples without children are the most common family type at 51.4%.
7.2% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beachport, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 40%.
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 Beachport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421002/beachport/topic/family-households