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.
Upper Lachlan Shire · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Upper Lachlan Shire
How families and households are made up across the area.
Upper Lachlan Shire stands out for having far fewer one-parent families than most similar areas. About 53% of families here are couples with children, while the typical home holds 2.4 people. This household size has remained steady for a decade.
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 Upper Lachlan Shire — lower than 57% of areas.
| Upper Lachlan Shire | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in the shire are small, with 39.9% housing two people and 27.5% housing just one. This share of people living alone is lower than in most areas, though it is a little above the New South Wales figure of 25%.
27.5% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Lachlan Shire, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 9.8% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011, while couples without children make up 36.6% of families.
9.8% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upper Lachlan Shire, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Upper Lachlan Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17640/upper-lachlan-shire/topic/family-households