3.2 —
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Epping (Vic.) - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Epping (Vic.) - West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become slightly less common in Epping (Vic.) - West since 2016. This area is now defined by big homes, with the typical house holding 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.2
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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 Epping (Vic.) - West — higher than 94% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home are among the highest for similar areas, though this number edged down from 3.3 in 2016. This trend is consistent with the fact that far fewer people live alone here (15.2%) compared to the Victorian average of 25.9%.
15.2% —
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Epping (Vic.) - West splits fairly evenly between 4 people (26%) and 2 people (22%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 72% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 13.8%, a figure that rose by 2.4 points since 2016 and is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.8% —
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Epping (Vic.) - West, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; One-parent families is next at 14%.
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 (Vic.) - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041433/epping-west/topic/family-households