3.1 —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.1
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.
Far fewer people live alone in Elderslie than the national average, with no one living by themselves. This is a place of large households, where the typical home holds 3.1 people, making it one of the highest rates for this area.
3.1
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- 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 88% of areas.
| Elderslie | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2335, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 18.9% of households containing five people. This helps explain why the typical household size is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elderslie, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 5 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, who make up 69.7% of the group. One-parent families are much less common here than in other areas, at just 4.2%.
4.2% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elderslie, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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/SAL11395/elderslie/topic/family-households