2.9 —
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Epping - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Epping - East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Epping - East than in most similar areas. It is a place where large households are the norm, with the typical home holding 2.9 people. This trend is seen in the low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.9
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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 Epping - East — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.4% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This helps explain why the usual household size of 2.9 people is a little above the national average of 2.5.
18.4% —
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Epping - East, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 65.5%. One-parent families account for 15.6% of the total, which is a little above the national figure and has risen since 2016.
15.6% —
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Epping - East, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Epping - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041431/epping-east/topic/family-households