2.9 —
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lalor - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Lalor - West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become a defining feature of Lalor - West since 2011. This is an area where many people live together, with the typical home holding 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
2.9
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- 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 Lalor - West — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Fewer people live alone here compared to other areas, at just 18.7%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Most homes are occupied by two people (29.3%) or four people (18.6%).
18.7% —
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lalor - West, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common, making up 62.8% of the total. One-parent families are much more frequent here than in most areas, at 16.7%, which is well above the state average of 13.3%.
16.7% —
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lalor - West, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Lalor - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041530/lalor-west/topic/family-households