2.6 ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ecklin South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ecklin South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and fewer solo dwellers define daily life in Ecklin South, where 2.6 people typically live in each house. This is higher than most similar areas, creating a landscape dominated by multi-person households rather than people living alone.
2.6
▼ -18.8%
- 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 Ecklin South — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.5% of people here live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Two-person homes are the most common at 37.2%, while 11.5% of households are quite large with six or more people.
20.5% ▲ +36.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ecklin South, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families are couples with children, making up 51.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 14.3%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
14.3% ▲ +428.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ecklin South, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Ecklin South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20841/ecklin-south/topic/family-households