2.7 —
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 65.5% of families in Eltham, making it a strong hub for family life. This focus on family is clear in the data, as the area has far fewer people living alone and fewer single-parent homes than both the state and national averages.
2.7
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- 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 Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan) — higher than 71% of areas.
| Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan) | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.7 people live in the typical home, which is much higher than most areas. This trend is supported by a low rate of people living alone, at just 18.3%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
18.3% —
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 10.2% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has remained steady since 2016.
10.2% —
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Eltham (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22501/eltham/topic/family-households