2.1 ▼ -52.3%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Streaky Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Streaky Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person homes are far more common in Streaky Bay than in most other areas. This trend has grown over the last decade, contributing to a shift where households are now smaller than the national figure. Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, a sharp drop from the 4.4 people per home recorded in 2011.
2.1
▼ -52.3%
- 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 Streaky Bay — lower than 71% of areas.
| Streaky Bay | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5680, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over a third of homes (36.5%) are occupied by people living alone, a figure far above the Australian average. This explains why the typical home in Streaky Bay is smaller than those in most other areas, with 38.4% of households consisting of just two people.
36.5% ▲ +37.0%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Streaky Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (37%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.7% of families, while couples without children account for 40.3%. One-parent families make up 11.2% of the total, which is well below the South Australian figure and reflects a 16 point fall since 2011.
11.2% ▼ -59.1%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Streaky Bay, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Streaky Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421037/streaky-bay/topic/family-households