2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Essendon West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Essendon West
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in Essendon West than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused suburb where 70.1% of households consist of couples with children, reflecting a domestic layout that is more crowded than the state and national typicals.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 West — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. Two-person households are the most common at 27.3%, while a quarter of all residents live alone, a figure that matches the national average.
25.6% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Essendon West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (26%), with 4 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 70.1%. One-parent families account for 11.6% of the total, which is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
11.6% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Essendon West, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; 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 Essendon West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20888/essendon-west/topic/family-households