2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elizabeth Town · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elizabeth Town
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of homes in Elizabeth Town are occupied by a single person, making it a place where living alone is far more common than the national average. While the typical household size is slightly smaller than across Australia, the area has a notably high proportion of single-parent families.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Elizabeth Town — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 30.2% of residents who live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.
30.2% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elizabeth Town, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types are less common, with couples without children representing 42.5% of the mix.
19.0% ▲ +57.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Elizabeth Town splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (38%), with One-parent families 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 Elizabeth Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60186/elizabeth-town/topic/family-households