1.9 ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bute · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bute
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp increase in people living alone has shifted the local landscape since 2011 in Bute (L). The typical home now holds only 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This change reflects a move toward smaller households and a higher proportion of single-person homes.
1.9
▼ -32.1%
- 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 Bute — lower than 93% of areas.
| Bute | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5560, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 41.8% of households consisting of one person—a figure that rose 32 points since 2011. This helps explain why the number of people per home is among the lowest for similar areas.
41.8% ▲ +314.7%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bute splits fairly evenly between 2 people (45%) and 1 person (42%), with 4 people at 5%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the local total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This proportion has grown by 9.0 points since 2011.
17.4% ▲ +105.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bute, the largest group is Couples without children at 45%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (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 Bute [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422011/bute/topic/family-households