2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Wakefield · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Port Wakefield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Port Wakefield (L) than in most similar areas. This shift is clear in the data, with the typical home now holding just 2.2 people, a figure that has edged down since 2011.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Port Wakefield — lower than 64% of areas.
| Port Wakefield | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5550, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 40% of residents live by themselves, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This proportion of single-person homes has risen by 12 points since 2011, leaving the typical household size a little below the South Australian average.
39.6% ▲ +43.2%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Wakefield, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 16.4% of the total. This last group has grown by 5.7 points since 2011 and sits a little above the national average.
16.4% ▲ +53.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Wakefield, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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 Port Wakefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421032/port-wakefield/topic/family-households