2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lockington - Gunbower · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Lockington - Gunbower
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Lockington - Gunbower, where 2.6 people live in the typical home. This area has a high number of family-led households, with a notably low percentage of people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Lockington - Gunbower — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 21.3% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are small to mid-sized, with 40.7% of households containing two people.
21.3% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lockington - Gunbower, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.4%. Only 10.6% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.6% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lockington - Gunbower, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Lockington - Gunbower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216011408/lockington-gunbower/topic/family-households