2.2 —
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Essendon - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Essendon - East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller home sizes and a high number of single residents define daily life in Essendon - East. With 36% of people living alone, this area has a much higher proportion of one-person households than most similar places.
2.2
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- 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 Essendon - East — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a very high number of people living alone, a figure that is far above both the state and national averages.
36.0% —
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Essendon - East splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, making up 59.2% of the group. One-parent families account for 10% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.0% —
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Essendon - East, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Essendon - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206031502/essendon-east/topic/family-households