Edmondson Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Edmondson Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

An average of 3.4 people live in each home in Edmondson Park, a figure well above the national average. This is a place dominated by large households, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Edmondson Park, Suburb / Locality

Where Edmondson Park sits — Average household size

3.4 ▲ +17.2%
  • 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 Edmondson Park — higher than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Edmondson Park3.4
2174, NSW 3.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are much more crowded than typical Australian dwellings, with 28.7% of households containing four people. Only 10.9% of residents live alone, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%.

3.4 ▲ +17.2%

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 3.7
  • 2021: 3.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

10.9% ▼ -52.8%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.0%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 10.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Edmondson Park, the largest group is 4 people at 29%, followed by 2 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 77.9% of the local family mix. This helps explain why one-parent families are less common here, at 8.7%, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.

8.7% ▼ -41.3%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.9%
  • 2016: 7.6%
  • 2021: 8.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Edmondson Park, Couples with children is the majority at 78%; Couples without children is next at 13%.

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 Edmondson Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11386/edmondson-park/topic/family-households