2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Essendon North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Essendon North
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 40.1% of people in Essendon North live alone, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This makes the suburb a place of small households, with a typical home holding just 2.1 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Essendon North — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A huge proportion of residents live by themselves, at 40.1%, which is far above the 25.6% national average. Because of this, the usual household size of 2.1 people is much lower than in most other areas.
40.1% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Essendon North, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children (56.1%), while couples without children make up 28%. One-parent families account for 13.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the Victorian average.
13.8% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Essendon North, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Essendon North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20887/essendon-north/topic/family-households