2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Macquarie - West · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Lake Macquarie - West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Slightly higher rates of one-parent families set Lake Macquarie - West apart from the rest of the state. Most homes here are family-based, with over half containing couples with children. This keeps the typical household size larger than in many other similar areas.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Lake Macquarie - West — higher than 57% of areas.
| Lake Macquarie - West | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.5 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas and has edged down since 2011. Fewer people live alone here compared to the national figure, with 23.6% of households being single-person homes.
23.6% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lake Macquarie - West, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.9% of families, while 29.3% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 15.9% of the total, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
15.9% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lake Macquarie - West, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Lake Macquarie - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11102/lake-macquarie-west/topic/family-households