2.8 ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Eton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 65% of families in Eton (L) are couples with children, reflecting a strong local lean towards larger households. This community has a much higher number of people per home than most similar areas, with the typical household now holding 2.8 people.
2.8
▲ +12.0%
- 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 Eton — higher than 81% of areas.
| Eton | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4741, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much less common here than in most areas, with only 17.3% of households being single-person homes. This is well below the national figure of 25.6% and marks a drop of 8.2 percentage points since 2011.
17.3% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eton, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.5% of the local total, which is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%. This figure has also fallen by 3.3 percentage points over the last ten years.
9.5% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eton, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Eton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322042/eton/topic/family-households