2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Orroroo · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Orroroo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Orroroo, representing 52.3% of all families. However, the town has a very high proportion of people living alone compared to the rest of the country. This mix contributes to a typical household size that is smaller than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Orroroo — lower than 71% of areas.
| Orroroo | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5431, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 36.5% of residents live alone, which is far above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Because of this, Orroroo has just 2.1 people per home, a figure that is a little below the state average and has edged down since 2011.
36.5% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Orroroo, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.0% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant change for the town, as the proportion of single-parent families fell by 16 points since 2011.
5.0% ▼ -76.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Orroroo, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Orroroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421029/orroroo/topic/family-households