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.
Lakes Entrance · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Lakes Entrance
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Lakes Entrance than in most similar areas. This trend has grown over the last decade, and the typical home now holds just 2.2 people, which is lower than the national figure of 2.5.
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 Lakes Entrance — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.2% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the Victorian average and has risen since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 42.6% of all households.
32.2% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lakes Entrance, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most frequent family type at 43.9%. One-parent families make up 14.3% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the state average.
14.3% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Lakes Entrance splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Lakes Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205021084/lakes-entrance/topic/family-households