Euston · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Euston

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 43.7% of homes in Euston, the largest household group in the area. While the typical home size is now 2.5 people, the community has seen a significant rise in one-parent families over the last decade.

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📍 Euston, Urban Centre

Where Euston sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -10.7%
  • 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 Euston — higher than 64% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Euston2.5
2737, NSW 2.8
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 41.7% of homes have two people, while 22.3% are single-person households. This last group has grown by 6.3 percentage points since 2011, though the proportion of people living alone remains well below the national figure.

2.5 ▼ -10.7%

Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

22.3% ▲ +39.2%

Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 16.0%
  • 2016: 34.9%
  • 2021: 22.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Euston, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 21.4% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and well above the national figure. This is a sharp increase from 2011, when only 7.7% of families fell into this category.

21.4% ▲ +177.6%

Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.7%
  • 2016: 14.8%
  • 2021: 21.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Euston, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (21%).

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 Euston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122054/euston/topic/family-households