2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lithgow · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Lithgow
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of homes in Lithgow are occupied by just one person. This is far above the national figure, making it a place where people are much more likely to live alone than in most other areas.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Lithgow — lower than 86% of areas.
| Lithgow | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2790, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is driven by the 38.1% of people living alone, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen since 2011.
38.1% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lithgow splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.2% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 46.5%.
21.2% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lithgow, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103031070/lithgow/topic/family-households