3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ellalong · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Ellalong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are much more common in Ellalong than in most similar areas. The typical home here has 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This trend toward bigger homes has edged up since 2011.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Ellalong — higher than 87% of areas.
| Ellalong | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2325, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, at just 16.1%, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%. This lower rate of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household is larger than in most other areas.
16.1% ▲ +70.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ellalong, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.2% of the area, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 14.0%. This proportion has risen by 15 percentage points since 2011.
23.2% ▲ +189.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ellalong, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families is next at 23%.
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 Ellalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121035/ellalong/topic/family-households