2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eldorado · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Eldorado
How families and households are made up across the area.
A small number of one-parent families is the most striking feature of Eldorado, where only 5.5% of families fit this group. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%. The area generally has smaller households and more people living alone than the state average.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Eldorado — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 29% of people live alone, which is well above the Victorian average of 25.9%. Because of this, the typical home in Eldorado has 2.3 people, slightly lower than the 2.5 seen across Australia.
29.0% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eldorado, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children (56%) or couples without them (36.2%). The 5.5% of one-parent families is much lower than in most similar areas and sits well below the state average of 13.3%.
5.5% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eldorado, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Eldorado [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20852/eldorado/topic/family-households