3.0 ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ellalong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ellalong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a common feature of daily life in Ellalong, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where few people live by themselves.
3.0
▲ +11.1%
- 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 Ellalong — higher than 86% of areas.
| Ellalong | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2325, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.0% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are larger than usual, with 32.3% of households containing two people and 17.8% holding four.
16.0% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ellalong, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.5% of the area, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This sits alongside couples with children, who form the largest group at 56.2%.
20.5% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ellalong, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Ellalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11401/ellalong/topic/family-households