2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eagle Point · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Eagle Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households define daily life in Eagle Point, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where two-person homes are the most common sight.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 Eagle Point — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Over half of all homes are occupied by two people, while those living alone make up 26.2% of households. This last figure has dropped sharply since 2011, when nearly half of the area's homes were single-person households.
26.2% ▼ -47.1%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.5%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eagle Point, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 54.5%, with 32.9% of families consisting of couples with children. One-parent families account for 11.7%, which is a little below the national figure and a fall from 19.0% in 2011.
11.7% ▼ -38.8%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eagle Point, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 Eagle Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221024/eagle-point/topic/family-households