4.0 ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 4.4
- 2021: 4.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Amata · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Amata
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes have become the norm in Amata since 2011, with the typical number of people per house climbing to 4.0. This is far above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where large, multi-generational households are common.
4.0
▲ +42.9%
- 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 Amata — higher than 97% of areas.
| Amata | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Large homes are the standard here, with 32.1% of households containing six or more people. Very few people live alone—only 11.9%, which is far below the South Australian figure of 28.5%.
11.9% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Amata, the largest group is 6 or more at 36%, followed by 2 people (20%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families have increased significantly to 30.4%, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. More than half of all families are couples with children, making up 54.8% of the total.
30.4% ▲ +196.7%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Amata, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families is next at 31%.
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 Amata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422002/amata/topic/family-households