3.0 ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 93% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lalor · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Lalor
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes have become more common in Lalor since 2011, with the number of people per household rising to 3.0. This is a little above the national figure and reflects a shift towards larger living groups. Very few people live alone here compared to the rest of the state.
3.0
▲ +15.4%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Lalor — higher than 93% of areas.
| Lalor | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lalor now holds 3.0 people, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This trend is mirrored by a sharp drop in people living alone, which fell to 17.1% since 2011 and is now well below the Victorian average.
17.1% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 93% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lalor splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (21%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group here at 68.0%. One-parent families account for 13.5% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
13.5% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lalor, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Lalor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED228/lalor/topic/family-households