2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Emerald · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Emerald
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Emerald, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a family-focused community with a very high proportion of couples raising children together.
2.8
→ 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 Emerald — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than the national figure, with 2.8 people per dwelling. This is consistent with fewer people living alone, at 17.6%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
17.6% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Emerald, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 64.1%. One-parent families are less common here at 8.8%, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
8.8% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Emerald, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Emerald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20868/emerald/topic/family-households