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.
Epping · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Epping
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and more people sharing a roof define daily life in Epping, where the typical household holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most areas, reflecting a community where few people live alone 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 Epping — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, Epping is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 18.5% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
18.5% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Epping, the largest group is 2 people at 27%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most homes are headed by couples with children, who make up 65.8% of families. One-parent families account for 15.7% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure.
15.7% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Epping, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20878/epping/topic/family-households