Pinnaroo · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Pinnaroo

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all homes in Pinnaroo are occupied by just one person. This shift toward smaller households is the defining feature of the area's own home life, with the typical number of people per home falling sharply since 2011.

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📍 Pinnaroo, Urban Centre

Where Pinnaroo sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -40.6%
  • 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 Pinnaroo — lower than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Pinnaroo1.9
5304, SA 2.1
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 1.9 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a surge in people living alone, which rose 35 points since 2011 to reach 42.8%, far above the South Australian average.

1.9 ▼ -40.6%

Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.2
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

42.8% ▲ +462.6%

Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.6%
  • 2016: 26.4%
  • 2021: 42.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Pinnaroo splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (39%), with 4 people at 7%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 49%, followed by couples with children at 39.8%. One-parent families make up 8.4% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.

8.4% ▲ +128.7%

Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 11.4%
  • 2021: 8.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Pinnaroo, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (8%).

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 Pinnaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421030/pinnaroo/topic/family-households