1.7 ▼ -39.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leigh Creek · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Leigh Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Leigh Creek are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the national average. This shift toward smaller households has been dramatic, with the typical number of people per home dropping from 2.8 in 2011 to just 1.7 today.
1.7
▼ -39.3%
- 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 Leigh Creek — lower than 99% of areas.
| Leigh Creek | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 5731, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes now make up 57.6% of all households, which is far above the South Australian figure of 28.5%. This reflects a sharp rise in people living alone, which increased by 45 percentage points since 2011.
57.6% ▲ +351.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Leigh Creek, 1 person is the majority at 59%; 2 people is next at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 20.5% of the local mix, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. This has become more common over time, rising 13 percentage points since 2011.
20.5% ▲ +170.2%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Leigh Creek, the largest group is Couples without children at 42%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Leigh Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422027/leigh-creek/topic/family-households