2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Smoky Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Smoky Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far lower rate of one-parent families than the state average marks the household makeup of Smoky Bay. Most homes here are small, typically holding just two people, and the area has seen a steady drop in both household size and people living alone since 2011.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Smoky Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
| Smoky Bay | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5680, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Smoky Bay hold 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is a downward trend from 2011, and it is reflected in the fact that only 23.2% of residents now live alone.
23.2% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Smoky Bay, 2 people is the majority at 63%; 1 person is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 67.2%. One-parent families account for only 3.4% of the total, a figure that is far below the South Australian average of 14.8%.
3.4% ▼ -55.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Smoky Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 66%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
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 Smoky Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422047/smoky-bay/topic/family-households