3.1 —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ellaswood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ellaswood
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people per home than almost any similar area is the defining feature of Ellaswood. The area is dominated by large households, with an unusually low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.1
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- 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 Ellaswood — higher than 88% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ellaswood holds 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that only 14.3% of people live alone, a rate far below both Victoria and Australia.
14.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ellaswood, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70.1% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 7.6%, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
7.6% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ellaswood, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Ellaswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20857/ellaswood/topic/family-households