2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elaine · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elaine
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are now living alone in Elaine than in previous years, with 30.5% of households consisting of just one person. This shift contributes to a mix of home sizes, though the typical home still holds about 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Elaine — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is well above the state and national figures, with 30.5% of households being single-person homes. These make up a large portion of the area, while two-person homes are the most common at 31.7%.
30.5% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Elaine splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.2%. One-parent families account for 15.1%, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian average.
15.1% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elaine, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Elaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20851/elaine/topic/family-households