2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ellen Grove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ellen Grove
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share their homes in Ellen Grove than in most other areas, making it a place where larger households are common. This is a family-heavy suburb where over half of all homes are couples with children. The high number of larger households is mirrored by a very low number of people living alone.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Ellen Grove — higher than 81% of areas.
| Ellen Grove | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4078, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, households here are larger than the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that only 19.8% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
19.8% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ellen Grove, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 30.6% of the area, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. Over half of all families are couples with children, while 17.5% are couples without children.
30.6% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ellen Grove, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; One-parent families is next at 31%.
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 Ellen Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30963/ellen-grove/topic/family-households