2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eganstown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Eganstown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 35% of people in Eganstown live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This creates a landscape where homes are smaller than usual, with the typical household holding only 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Eganstown — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One-person homes are much more common here than in most areas, making up 34.9% of all households. This helps explain why the typical home size is a little below the Victorian and Australian figure of 2.5 people.
34.9% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Eganstown splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.1% of families, while those without children account for 43.6%. One-parent families are less common here at 9.8%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.8% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Eganstown splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Eganstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20849/eganstown/topic/family-households