2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elong Elong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elong Elong
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Elong Elong compared to the rest of the state. This is a key feature of the area, where over 32% of households are single-person homes, far exceeding the national figure.
2.4
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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 Elong Elong — lower than 57% of areas.
| Elong Elong | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2831, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.1% of people live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national average. Despite this, the typical home has 2.4 people, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
32.1% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Elong Elong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.7% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 46.2%.
21.7% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elong Elong, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Elong Elong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11409/elong-elong/topic/family-households