Edi · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Edi

How families and households are made up across the area.

A shift towards smaller living arrangements has shaped Edi over the last decade. This area now sees far more people living alone than the national figure, with 36% of households consisting of just one person.

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📍 Edi, Suburb / Locality

Where Edi sits — Average household size

2.2
  • 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 Edi — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Edi2.2
3678, VIC 2.6
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Edi holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This is partly because 36% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.2

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

36.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 41.4%
  • 2021: 36.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Edi splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (32%), with 5 people at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 46.5% raising children and 44.2% without. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 9.3% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

9.3%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 9.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Edi splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 9%.

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 Edi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20846/edi/topic/family-households