3.2 ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Erskine Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Erskine Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Erskine Park holds 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This is a place of large households, where few people live alone compared to other areas across the country.
3.2
▼ -5.9%
- 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 Erskine Park — higher than 89% of areas.
| Erskine Park | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2759, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the most crowded at this level, with only 11.7% of people living alone. This is far below the 25.6% national average, while 27.9% of households consist of two people.
11.7% ▲ +41.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Erskine Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (24%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 67.4% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.7%, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the national average.
12.7% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Erskine Park, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; 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 Erskine Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11441/erskine-park/topic/family-households