2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Owen · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Owen
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Owen (L) compared to the rest of the country. This trend has grown since 2011 and has pushed the typical number of people per home down to 2.1, which is lower than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Owen — lower than 71% of areas.
| Owen | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5460, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 37.6% of residents live alone, a figure far above the Australian average of 25.6%. This has contributed to smaller households, with 40.4% of homes containing two people and 37.6% containing only one.
37.6% ▲ +41.1%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Owen splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (38%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.7% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
21.7% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Owen splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (37%), with One-parent families at 21%.
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 Owen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422038/owen/topic/family-households