2.5 —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Essendon (West) - Aberfeldie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Essendon (West) - Aberfeldie have remained steady over the last decade. The area is largely defined by couples with children, who make up 66.8% of all families. This creates a stable residential environment where the typical household size aligns closely with both state and national figures.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Essendon (West) - Aberfeldie — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures. However, 27.9% of homes are occupied by just one person, a rate a little above the national figure of 25.6%.
2.5 —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
27.9% —
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Essendon (West) - Aberfeldie splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 19%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type, while one-parent families make up 10.4% of the total. This proportion is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.4% —
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Essendon (West) - Aberfeldie, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Essendon (West) - Aberfeldie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206031501/essendon-aberfeldie/topic/family-households