2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greenock · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Greenock
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a defining feature of daily life in Greenock, where 2.7 people typically live in each home. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where few people live alone and family units are the norm.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Greenock — higher than 76% of areas.
| Greenock | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5360, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.6% of people here live by themselves, which is far below the South Australian figure of 28.5%. While the typical household size has edged down slightly since 2011, homes remain larger than average, with 37.2% of households containing two people.
16.6% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Greenock, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.1%. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, making up 9.8% of the total, though this figure rose 1.9 points since 2011.
9.8% ▲ +23.5%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Greenock, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Greenock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421013/greenock/topic/family-households