2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elliston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elliston
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Elliston than in other parts of the country. This reflects a trend where smaller households are common, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people.
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 Elliston — lower than 76% of areas.
| Elliston | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5670, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One third of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the usual household size is a little below the Australian average of 2.5 people.
33.3% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elliston, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.2% of families here. One-parent families account for 12% of the total, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
12.0% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elliston, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Elliston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40405/elliston/topic/family-households