2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Epping · State Electorate
Family & Households in Epping
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Epping than the national average, with only 16.2% of households consisting of one person. This creates a community where homes are generally crowded, often housing 2.9 people per dwelling. It is an area dominated by larger family units.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Epping — higher than 86% of areas.
| Epping | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Epping holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Since 2011, the number of people living alone has fallen to 16.2%, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 25%.
16.2% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Epping, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 70.2%. At 8.4%, one-parent families are well below the national figure of 14.1% and have fallen slightly since 2011.
8.4% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Epping, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10028/epping/topic/family-households