2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Macquarie · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Lake Macquarie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Lake Macquarie are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area generally follows state and national patterns for home size, with a typical home holding about 2.5 people.
2.5
→ 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 Lake Macquarie — higher than 71% of areas.
| Lake Macquarie | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 24.8% of people here live alone, which is much lower than in most other areas. Two-person households are the most common, making up 35.4% of all homes.
24.8% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lake Macquarie, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 15.7% of the total, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales and national averages. This proportion has remained steady since 2011.
15.7% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lake Macquarie, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Lake Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14650/lake-macquarie/topic/family-households