2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Erskineville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Erskineville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Erskineville, where the typical home holds just 2 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, creating a distinct profile of small-scale living across the suburb.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Erskineville — lower than 86% of areas.
| Erskineville | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2043, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high number of residents live alone, accounting for 32.6% of households, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. This trend helps explain why homes here are so small, with 44.6% of households consisting of just two people.
32.6% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Erskineville, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 51.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families are much less common here at 7.4%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
7.4% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Erskineville, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 40%.
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 Erskineville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11442/erskineville/topic/family-households