2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eppalock · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Eppalock
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Eppalock, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This trend is driven by a high proportion of families with children and far fewer people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Eppalock — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 2.8 people per dwelling, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 15.3%, far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
15.3% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eppalock, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of the area at 58.5%. One-parent families account for 12.4%, which is about the same as the 13.3% recorded across Victoria.
12.4% ▲ +41.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eppalock, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Eppalock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20877/eppalock/topic/family-households