3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elanora Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elanora Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 72% of families in Elanora Heights are couples with children. This makes it a place where large households are common and people living alone are rare. The typical home here is much more crowded than the national average.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 Elanora Heights — higher than 89% of areas.
| Elanora Heights | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2101, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Elanora Heights are often full, with 3.2 people per house, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.5. Only 11.7% of people live alone, a rate far below both the state and national averages.
11.7% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Elanora Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The area has a low proportion of one-parent families at 9.3%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families are couples, with 72% raising children together.
9.3% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elanora Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Elanora Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11392/elanora-heights/topic/family-households