Eungella · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Eungella

How families and households are made up across the area.

A much higher rate of single-parent families than the national average defines the domestic makeup of Eungella. While home sizes are typical for the region, a significant number of residents live alone or in small family units.

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📍 Eungella, Suburb / Locality

Where Eungella sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -11.1%
  • 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 Eungella — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Eungella2.4
2484, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 27.4% of residents live alone, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Most homes are small, with 31.6% housing two people and 27.4% housing just one.

2.4 ▼ -11.1%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.4% ▲ +16.2%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.5%
  • 2016: 20.4%
  • 2021: 27.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Eungella splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 19.3% of the area, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. More than half of all families here are couples with children, accounting for 52.0% of the total.

19.3% ▲ +7.7%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.9%
  • 2016: 19.4%
  • 2021: 19.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Eungella, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 31%.

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 Eungella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11463/eungella/topic/family-households