3.4 ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lockhart River · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Lockhart River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Lockhart River than in most other areas, with 36.7% of families fitting this description. This is a place where homes are typically much larger than the national average. While the typical household size has dipped since 2011, it remains high at 3.4 people per home.
3.4
▼ -12.8%
- 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 River — higher than 96% of areas.
| Lockhart River | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. Only 21.3% of people live alone, which is much lower than most areas, though this figure has risen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
21.3% ▲ +32.5%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lockhart River splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 1 person (22%), with 6 or more at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 36.7% of the total, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. This is the second most common family type after couples with children, who account for 45.2% of families.
36.7% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lockhart River, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by One-parent families (38%) and Couples without children (12%).
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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34570/lockhart-river/topic/family-households