2.0 ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tarpeena · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tarpeena
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up the largest group in Tarpeena (L), where 43.3% of families fall into this category. The area is shaped by small households and a high number of people living alone, with the typical home now holding just two people.
2.0
▼ -20.0%
- 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 Tarpeena — lower than 86% of areas.
| Tarpeena | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5277, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 38.7% of households, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen 14 points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.0 people, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5.
38.7% ▲ +53.8%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Tarpeena splits fairly evenly between 2 people (42%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 19.7% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures. This proportion has grown by 6.5 points since 2011.
19.7% ▲ +49.1%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tarpeena, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Tarpeena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422055/tarpeena/topic/family-households