1.9 ▼ -48.6%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Morgan · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Morgan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Morgan (L) are occupied by just one person, creating a community of very small households. This trend has shifted quickly, with the typical number of people per home falling from 3.7 in 2011 to just 1.9 today.
1.9
▼ -48.6%
- 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 Morgan — lower than 93% of areas.
| Morgan | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5320, SA | 1.9 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than in the rest of the state, with 47.4% of households consisting of one person. This is far above the national figure of 25.6% and represents a 39 point increase since 2011.
47.4% ▲ +497.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Morgan, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28.9% of the total, which is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This figure has risen by 11 points over the last decade, while couples without children now form the largest family group at 38.2%.
28.9% ▲ +64.3%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Morgan splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (37%) and Couples with children (35%), with One-parent families at 28%.
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 Morgan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422030/morgan/topic/family-households