2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eastgardens · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Eastgardens
How families and households are made up across the area.
A stable mix of family types has shaped Eastgardens over the last decade. Most of the community lives in family settings, with over half of all households consisting of couples with children.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Eastgardens — lower than 57% of areas.
| Eastgardens | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2036, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Eastgardens houses 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Two-person households are the most common at 38.6%, while 22.9% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the New South Wales average.
22.9% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eastgardens, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.7% of families here. The proportion of one-parent families is just 9.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
9.0% ▲ +29.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eastgardens, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Eastgardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11370/eastgardens/topic/family-households