2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ellenborough · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ellenborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significant number of people living alone has shaped the domestic landscape of Ellenborough since 2011. This trend has left the area with a much smaller typical home size than most similar places, with 42.2% of households consisting of just one person.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Ellenborough — lower than 81% of areas.
| Ellenborough | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2446, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Ellenborough are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 42.2% of people live alone, which is far above the Australian average of 25.6%.
42.2% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ellenborough, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.8% of the total, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This represents one of the highest proportions of single-parent homes among similar areas.
25.8% ▲ +112.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ellenborough, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (27%).
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 Ellenborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11404/ellenborough/topic/family-households