2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Point Turton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Point Turton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Point Turton, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is lower than most similar areas, reflecting a community where over half of all homes are occupied by just two people.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 Point Turton — lower than 71% of areas.
| Point Turton | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5575, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here are small, with 52.9% holding two people and 27.1% holding just one. While the number of people per home has edged up slightly since 2011, it remains a little below the national figure of 2.5.
27.1% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Point Turton, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 60.4% of families, while one-parent families are far below the state and national averages at only 3.8%. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when one-parent families made up 15.3% of the area.
3.8% ▼ -75.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Point Turton, Couples without children is the majority at 59%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 Point Turton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422041/point-turton/topic/family-households