2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Echunga · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Echunga
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up a huge 68.4% of families in Echunga (L). This is a place where larger households are common, with the typical home holding 2.7 people. It stands out for having far fewer people living alone than most other areas.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Echunga — higher than 76% of areas.
| Echunga | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5153, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 2.7 people per household. This is consistent with the low number of people living alone, who make up only 19.5% of households—well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
19.5% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Echunga, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.8% of the total, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
9.8% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Echunga, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; 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 Echunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421010/echunga/topic/family-households