2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elliston · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Elliston
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Elliston (L) compared to most similar areas. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than the state or national figures, though the number of people per home has edged up slightly since 2011.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Elliston — lower than 64% of areas.
| Elliston | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5670, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.4% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Elliston (L) holds 2.2 people, slightly lower than the South Australian average of 2.4.
36.4% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Elliston splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (37%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.3% of local families, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas. At 10.8%, the share of one-parent families is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.8% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elliston, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Elliston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422020/elliston/topic/family-households