2.0 ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elmore · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Elmore
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of homes in Elmore are occupied by just one person, making it a place with very small households. This trend means the typical home here holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▲ +5.3%
- 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 Elmore — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 39.4% of residents live alone, a figure far above the Victorian average of 25.9%. While this is much higher than most areas, the proportion of single-person homes has fallen 10 points since 2011.
39.4% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.6%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Elmore splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.9% of the local mix, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This group has grown by 7.5 points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest family type at 40.2%.
19.9% ▲ +60.1%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Elmore splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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 Elmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221027/elmore/topic/family-households