2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Echuca · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Echuca
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Echuca than in most other areas, with 30.3% of households consisting of just one person. This is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This trend contributes to the area having fewer people per home than is typical across the state and nation.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Echuca — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Echuca holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. While 37% of households contain two people, those living alone make up 30.3% of the community.
30.3% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Echuca, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.9% of the total, a figure that is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Other family types include couples with children at 49.2% and couples without children at 32.8%.
16.9% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Echuca, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Echuca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20838/echuca/topic/family-households