2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ellendale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ellendale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Ellendale than in most similar areas, with 35.6% of households consisting of just one person. This shift towards smaller living arrangements means the typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
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 Ellendale — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are far more common here than across Australia, making up 35.6% of the total. This explains why the typical home size of 2.3 people is lower than in most other areas.
35.6% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ellendale splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Ellendale are couples with children, who make up 62.4% of the total. In contrast, one-parent families represent only 8.0% of the group, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
8.0% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ellendale, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Ellendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60187/ellendale/topic/family-households