2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Eton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in Eton, where the typical home now holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most other areas and reflects a community where few people live on their own.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Eton — higher than 81% of areas.
| Eton | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4741, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.6% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are shared, with 34.6% of households containing two people and 18% holding four.
15.6% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eton, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 64.9% of the area. One-parent families account for 9.2%, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
9.2% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eton, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Eton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30988/eton/topic/family-households