1.8 ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wirrabara · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wirrabara
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 43% of households in Wirrabara are people living alone, which is one of the highest rates for similar areas. This shift has left the town with very small households, as the typical number of people per home has dropped from 3.1 in 2011 to just 1.8 today.
1.8
▼ -41.9%
- 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 Wirrabara — lower than 99% of areas.
| Wirrabara | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 5481, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 42.9% of people living alone, the proportion of single-person homes is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Consequently, the 1.8 people per home in Wirrabara is well below the South Australian average of 2.4.
42.9% ▲ +135.7%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wirrabara splits fairly evenly between 1 person (44%) and 2 people (41%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 58.2%, while one-parent families are rare at 6.7%. This share of single-parent homes is well below the state figure of 14.8% and has fallen since 2011.
6.7% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wirrabara, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 30%.
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 Wirrabara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422060/wirrabara/topic/family-households