2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eltham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Eltham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Eltham than in the rest of the country, with only 10.9% of households being single-person homes. This makes it a place where large households are common, as the typical home holds 2.8 people.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Eltham — higher than 76% of areas.
| Eltham | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.8 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. Very few people live alone compared to the national figure of 25.6%, while 41.8% of homes are shared by two people.
10.9% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eltham, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.9%. One-parent families account for 10.9% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
10.9% ▲ +77.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eltham, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Eltham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11412/eltham/topic/family-households