2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lachlan Valley · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Lachlan Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Lachlan Valley than in most similar areas, with 31.7% of households consisting of just one person. This shift towards smaller living arrangements means the typical home now holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Lachlan Valley — lower than 86% of areas.
| Lachlan Valley | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person households are well above the state and national figures, rising 2.1 percentage points since 2011. This trend helps explain why the number of people per home is lower than most areas.
31.7% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lachlan Valley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.5% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This proportion has risen 1.6 percentage points since 2011 and sits a little above the Australian average.
16.5% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lachlan Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Lachlan Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10302/lachlan-valley/topic/family-households