2.6 —
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lawson · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Lawson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are more common in Lawson than in most similar areas. While 2.6 people live in the typical home, the area has seen a sharp increase in people living alone, which rose from nothing in 2016 to nearly one in five households today.
2.6
—
- 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 Lawson — higher than 57% of areas.
| Lawson | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2617, ACT | 2.4 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lawson holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 19.6% of residents now live alone, this is well below the ACT average of 25.7%.
19.6% —
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lawson, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (24%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 47.1% of the area. Only 8.5% of households are one-parent families, a figure that is well below the national average and among the lowest for similar areas.
8.5% —
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lawson, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (9%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Lawson
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011018/lawson/topic/family-households