1.7 ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Andamooka · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Andamooka
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Andamooka are occupied by just one person. This makes it a place where solo living is far more common than in the rest of the state, with the typical home now holding only 1.7 people.
1.7
▼ -19.0%
- 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 Andamooka — lower than 99% of areas.
| Andamooka | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 5722, SA | 1.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More than half of households (51.2%) consist of a single person, a figure that is far above the national average of 25.6%. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a typical home size that is well below the Australian figure of 2.5 people.
51.2% ▲ +56.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Andamooka, 1 person is the majority at 54%; 2 people is next at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 38.5%, followed closely by couples with children at 37.1%. One-parent families account for 16.1% of the total, which is a little above the South Australian figure.
16.1% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Andamooka splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (40%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Andamooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422004/andamooka/topic/family-households