2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Derwent Park - Lutana · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Derwent Park - Lutana
How families and households are made up across the area.
A smaller share of people are living alone in Derwent Park - Lutana than in 2011, though it remains a place with many single-person homes. The area is defined by a very high proportion of one-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
▲ +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 Derwent Park - Lutana — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Around 31.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. While the typical home holds 2.4 people, this is a slight increase from the 2.3 people per home seen in 2011.
31.3% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Derwent Park - Lutana splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.1% of the local total, a figure far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This is among the highest proportions for any similar area, although it has fallen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
25.1% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Derwent Park - Lutana, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Derwent Park - Lutana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601031016/derwent-park-lutana/topic/family-households