Emmaville · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Emmaville

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people per home than most similar areas defines the living patterns in Emmaville. The area is marked by a very high number of single-person households, with 41.8% of residents living alone.

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📍 Emmaville, Suburb / Locality

Where Emmaville sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -9.5%
  • 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 Emmaville — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Emmaville1.9
2371, NSW 2.0
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 41.8% of people living alone, this rate is far above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Consequently, the typical home in Emmaville holds just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.

1.9 ▼ -9.5%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

41.8% ▲ +36.6%

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 30.6%
  • 2016: 30.8%
  • 2021: 41.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Emmaville splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (41%), with 3 people at 8%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

More than half of families here are couples without children, making up 51.2% of the group. One-parent families account for 11.8%, a figure that is a little below the national average of 14.1%.

11.8% ▲ +115.5%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.5%
  • 2016: 12.3%
  • 2021: 11.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Emmaville, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 36%.

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 Emmaville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11417/emmaville/topic/family-households