2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ellerbeck · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ellerbeck
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person households has become a defining feature of Ellerbeck since 2011. This trend is reflected in the fact that over a third of all homes are occupied by just one person, making the area much more likely to have small households than most other parts of the country.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Ellerbeck — lower than 76% of areas.
| Ellerbeck | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4816, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ellerbeck holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 34.4% of people living alone, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages.
34.4% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ellerbeck splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 42.9% of families here, while couples without children account for 39.6%. One-parent families represent 13.6% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas.
13.6% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ellerbeck splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Ellerbeck [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30964/ellerbeck/topic/family-households