2.8 ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Houghton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Houghton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 61.6% of the community in Houghton (L), marking it as a strong family hub. This is a place where large households are the norm and very few people live on their own.
2.8
▼ -9.7%
- 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 Houghton — higher than 81% of areas.
| Houghton | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5131, SA | 2.9 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Houghton (L) has 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure. Only 10.9% of people live alone, a rate far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
10.9% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Houghton, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 6.0% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. While this is among the lowest rates for similar areas, the proportion has risen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
6.0% ▲ +49.9%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Houghton, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Houghton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421016/houghton/topic/family-households