2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eraring · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Eraring
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live on their own in Eraring than in most other areas. This makes it a place where the vast majority of households are shared, with a typical home holding 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Eraring — higher than 50% of areas.
| Eraring | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2264, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here are occupied by two people, accounting for 54.5% of all households. Only 15.9% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the national average of 25.6%.
15.9% ▲ +24.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eraring, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the bulk of the local families, with 48.9% having no children and 43.4% with children. Only 8.8% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
8.8% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eraring, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (42%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Eraring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11432/eraring/topic/family-households