2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elderslie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elderslie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Elderslie, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a family-focused community with far fewer people living alone than the national average.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Elderslie — higher than 76% of areas.
| Elderslie | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2570, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Elderslie is larger than in most areas, with 2.8 people per household. This is consistent with the low number of people living alone, who make up just 19.5% of households—well below the 25.6% national figure.
19.5% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elderslie, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 63.6%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas, accounting for 16.0% of families, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
16.0% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elderslie, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Elderslie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11394/elderslie/topic/family-households