3.3 —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elingamite North · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few areas have as many people per home as Elingamite North, where households are typically much larger than across the state. This is a family-focused area where very few people live alone compared to the national average.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Elingamite North — higher than 91% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes here are crowded, with 3.3 people per house—well above the national figure of 2.5. Only 12.9% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
3.3 —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
12.9% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Elingamite North, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 6 or more (17%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 72.7% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 10.1%, which is well below the 14.1% national figure.
10.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Elingamite North, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Elingamite North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20855/elingamite-north/topic/family-households