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.
Lismore · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Lismore
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all families in Lismore are couples with children, making them the most common household type in the area. While typical home sizes are similar to the rest of Australia, there is a notably high number of people living on their own.
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 Lismore — lower than 57% of areas.
| Lismore | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and has risen since 2011. Most homes house two people (35.4%), and the typical home size of 2.4 people has barely changed over the last decade.
30.4% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lismore, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.7% of the total, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 14.0%. This high proportion of single-parent homes has remained steady since 2011.
19.7% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lismore, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14850/lismore/topic/family-households