2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lord Howe Island · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Lord Howe Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone on Lord Howe Island since 2011, with 32.3% of households now consisting of just one person. This trend has contributed to a decrease in the typical number of people per home, which is now 2.2.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Lord Howe Island — lower than 89% of areas.
| Lord Howe Island | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people per home is 2.2, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is much lower than most areas, with 32.3% of residents living alone—a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.
32.3% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lord Howe Island, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 51.8% of the total, while 37.9% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 9.2%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.2% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lord Howe Island, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Lord Howe Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10803/lord-howe-island/topic/family-households