2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eden · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Eden
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Eden than in 2011, contributing to a shift in how the town's residents are housed. This change is reflected in a smaller typical household size, with 34% of homes now housing just one person.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Eden — lower than 64% of areas.
| Eden | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2551, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Eden holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This lower density is linked to the fact that 34% of people live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
34.0% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eden, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.3% of the local total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen since 2011, while couples with children represent 40% of families.
19.3% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Eden splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (40%), 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 Eden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115056/eden/topic/family-households