2.3 —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Essendon (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Essendon (Western Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 32% of people in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) live alone, a figure well above the Victorian and national averages. This trend toward smaller living arrangements means the area has a much lower number of people per home than most other regions. This shift toward single-person households has grown steadily since 2016.
2.3
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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 Essendon (Western Metropolitan) — lower than 86% of areas.
| Essendon (Western Metropolitan) | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5 and has edged down since 2016. This is partly because 32.7% of households are single-person, one of the highest rates for this type of area.
32.7% —
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Essendon (Western Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.9% of families, while those with one parent are much less common here than in most areas. At 11.0%, the proportion of one-parent families is well below the Australian average of 14.1% and has barely changed since 2016.
11.0% —
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Essendon (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22607/essendon/topic/family-households