2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eden · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Eden
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of people living alone than most similar areas define the household landscape in Eden. While couples with children make up about 40% of families, a significant number of residents live in smaller, single-person households.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Eden — lower than 76% of areas.
| Eden | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2551, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Eden has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 33.9% of people live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
33.9% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eden, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.7% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% national average and much higher than in most similar areas. Couples with and without children both account for around 40% of family types.
18.7% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Eden splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 Eden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11378/eden/topic/family-households