2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eden · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Eden
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living mark Eden compared to most similar areas. The town is characterised by smaller households and a high proportion of people living alone, with 33.7% of homes housing only one person.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Eden — lower than 86% of areas.
| Eden | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2551, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Eden are smaller than the national figure, with 2.2 people per home. This is driven by the 33.7% of residents living alone, a figure that has risen by 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
33.7% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eden, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.7% of the local total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types are more balanced, with couples with children and couples without children both sitting at around 40%.
18.7% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Eden splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 Eden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101041023/eden/topic/family-households