3.1 ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eynesbury · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Eynesbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people per home are found in Eynesbury than in most similar areas. This is a place where large households dominate, with the typical home holding 3.1 people. This trend has climbed steadily since 2011, reflecting a community built largely around bigger family units.
3.1
▲ +34.8%
- 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 Eynesbury — higher than 88% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Large homes are the norm here, as 28.5% of households contain four people. Very few people live alone—only 11.3%—which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9% and represents a 24 point drop since 2011.
11.3% ▼ -67.8%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Eynesbury splits fairly evenly between 4 people (29%) and 2 people (27%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 74.4%. Only 7.8% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages and has fallen since 2011.
7.8% ▼ -64.3%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eynesbury, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Eynesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215033/eynesbury/topic/family-households