1.9 ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Edithburgh · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Edithburgh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are a defining feature of Edithburgh, where the number of people per home is among the lowest for similar areas. This is largely because more than a third of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure.
1.9
▲ +5.6%
- 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 Edithburgh — lower than 93% of areas.
| Edithburgh | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5583, SA | 1.9 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 38.3% of people live alone, a rate far above the Australian average of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home in Edithburgh has only 1.9 people, which is well below the South Australian figure of 2.4.
38.3% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Edithburgh, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (40%) and 3 people (4%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 62.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families have risen to 14.0% since 2011, which is now about the same as the state and national figures.
14.0% ▲ +98.8%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Edithburgh, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 26%.
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 Edithburgh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422019/edithburgh/topic/family-households