1.9 ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all households in Elands are made up of people living alone, which is among the highest proportions for any similar area. This means homes here are much smaller than the national average, with a typical household containing only 1.9 people.
1.9
▼ -13.6%
- 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 Elands — lower than 89% of areas.
| Elands | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2429, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 50% of households, a figure far above the national mark of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home here is much smaller than most areas, with just 1.9 people per dwelling.
50.0% ▲ +52.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elands, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 19.6% of the total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This group is much more common here than in most similar areas.
19.6% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Elands splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (36%), 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 Elands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11391/elands/topic/family-households