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.
Lockhart · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Lockhart
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Lockhart consist of couples with children, making it a strong hub for family life. The area maintains a stable household structure, with the typical home hosting 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 Lockhart — higher than 71% of areas.
| Lockhart | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common at 39%, while 26.9% of people live alone. This last figure is lower than in most similar areas, though it ever-so-slightly exceeds the national rate of 25.6%.
26.9% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lockhart, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.3% of families, while couples without children account for 31.8%. The proportion of one-parent families has risen to 13.9% since 2011, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
13.9% ▲ +41.3%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lockhart, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Lockhart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14950/lockhart/topic/family-households