2.4 ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elizabeth Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Elizabeth Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Elizabeth Beach than in most similar areas. The typical home here is more likely to be shared, with 2.4 people per household and a strong presence of couples with children.
2.4
▲ +26.3%
- 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 Elizabeth Beach — higher than 57% of areas.
| Elizabeth Beach | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2428, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.7% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average of 25.6% and has fallen sharply since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 44.1% of all households.
16.7% ▼ -60.3%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elizabeth Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with couples with children making up 46.9% of the mix. Only 9.5% of families are led by a single parent, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.5% ▲ +73.2%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Elizabeth Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Elizabeth Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122052/elizabeth-beach/topic/family-households