2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eglinton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Eglinton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Recent growth has turned Eglinton into a place of large households, where nearly 3 people typically live in each home. This is much higher than most similar areas. The community is now dominated by family groups, with few people living on their own.
2.9
—
- 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 Eglinton — higher than 81% of areas.
| Eglinton | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6034, WA | 2.9 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, with an average of 2.9 residents. Only 15.9% of people live alone, which is well below the Western Australian rate of 25.4%.
15.9% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eglinton, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 65.5% of all families in the area. One-parent families account for 14.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and a little above the state average.
14.8% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eglinton, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Eglinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50476/eglinton/topic/family-households