2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lachlan · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Lachlan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 30% of people in Lachlan live alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This reflects a housing landscape where single-person households are common, though the typical home still holds about 2.4 people. Overall, family life here is diverse, with a mix of traditional couples and a notable number of single-parent homes.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Lachlan — lower than 57% of areas.
| Lachlan | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.8% of residents live alone, which is much higher than the national figure of 25.6% and has risen since 2011. Most homes are small, with 34.5% housing two people and 30.8% housing just one.
30.8% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lachlan splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 53.2%. One-parent families account for 15.5% of the total, which is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.5% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lachlan, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Lachlan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14600/lachlan/topic/family-households