2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elphinstone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elphinstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people share a home in Elphinstone than in the typical Victorian household. This small community is mostly made up of two-person homes, with the typical household size sitting slightly below the national figure at 2.3 people.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Elphinstone — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, as 44.5% of homes house two people and 26% are single-person dwellings. This reflects a typical person-per-home rate that is a little below the Victorian average.
26.0% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elphinstone, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.6% of families, while those without children account for 39.1%. One-parent families represent 11.3% of the total, which is a little below the national figure.
11.3% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elphinstone, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Elphinstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20863/elphinstone/topic/family-households