2.5 —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eastlakes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Eastlakes have shifted over the last decade to see more people living alone. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, nearly 30% of households are now single-person dwellings, which is well above the national figure.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Eastlakes — lower than 57% of areas.
| Eastlakes | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2018, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 29% of people in Eastlakes live alone, a rate well above both the state and national figures. This contributes to a mix where two-person and one-person households are the most common, each making up around 30% of the area.
2.5 —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
29.0% —
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Eastlakes splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 60.7% of the total. One-parent families make up 14.8% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure.
14.8% —
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Eastlakes, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Eastlakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117011634/eastlakes/topic/family-households