2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Keith · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Keith
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families in Keith, accounting for 48.5% of the local mix. While many families live here, a very high number of people live alone compared to the rest of the country. This creates a varied community where small households are common.
2.2
→ 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 Keith — lower than 64% of areas.
| Keith | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5267, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 35.9% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Keith has 2.2 people, a bit lower than the 2.5 seen across Australia.
35.9% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Keith splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12.6% of the total, which is a little below the 14.1% national average. This figure has risen by 3 points since 2011.
12.6% ▲ +31.5%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Keith, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Keith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421018/keith/topic/family-households