2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arno Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Arno Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households are common in Arno Bay, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, making the area feel less crowded than most other parts of the country.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 Arno Bay — lower than 71% of areas.
| Arno Bay | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5603, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 34.4% of households, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. While this is higher than most areas, the number of sole occupants has fallen by 8 percentage points since 2011.
34.4% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.5%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Arno Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (42%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 46.5%. One-parent families make up 15.3% of the total, which is about the same as the South Australian average of 14.8%.
15.3% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Arno Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Arno Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422005/arno-bay/topic/family-households