2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ercildoune · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ercildoune
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children and couples without children both make up 44.3% of families in Ercildoune. This rural area sees a high number of people living alone, though most homes still house two or more people. The family landscape is notably different from the state average, with very few one-parent households.
2.4
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- 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 Ercildoune — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.6% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes hold two people (35.7%), while the typical household size of 2.4 people is about the same as the rest of Victoria.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ercildoune, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 4.9% of the local mix, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
4.9% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ercildoune splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (47%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 Ercildoune [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20880/ercildoune/topic/family-households