2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elsternwick · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Elsternwick
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living make Elsternwick stand out compared to most similar areas. While 60.2% of families here are couples with children, the typical home is smaller than the national figure, with only 2.3 people per household.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Elsternwick — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One-person homes are very common here, making up 34.6% of all households, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has risen since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.3 people, a little below the Victorian average of 2.5.
34.6% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Elsternwick splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (33%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.7% of the population, which is well below the 14.1% national average. This figure has barely changed since 2011, while couples without children account for 28.9% of families.
9.7% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elsternwick, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Elsternwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208021179/elsternwick/topic/family-households