2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Emu Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Emu Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in Emu Creek, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is a place where larger households are the norm, with few people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Emu Creek — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.9 people, which is much higher than most areas. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 19.8%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
19.8% ▲ +85.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Emu Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 73.3% of families here. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, at just 5.8%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
5.8% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Emu Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Emu Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20870/emu-creek/topic/family-households