2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ermington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ermington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Ermington compared to the national average, with only 21.8% of households consisting of one person. This contributes to a larger-than-usual household size for the area, with the typical home holding 2.8 people.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Ermington — higher than 76% of areas.
| Ermington | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2115, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most other areas, with 2.8 people per house, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 19.4% of homes hold four people and 7.7% hold five.
21.8% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ermington, the largest group is 2 people at 27%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Ermington consist of couples with children, making up 66.4% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.3%, a figure that is higher than in most other areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.
13.3% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ermington, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Ermington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11438/ermington/topic/family-households