2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Lakes · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in North Lakes
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define North Lakes. The area is dominated by family living, with a typical home holding 2.8 people, which is higher than the national figure of 2.5.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 North Lakes — higher than 86% of areas.
| North Lakes | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most other areas, and far fewer people live alone compared to the Queensland average of 24.7%. While 31.4% of households have two people, the proportion of one-person homes is well below the national figure.
19.1% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In North Lakes, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.3%. One-parent families account for 16.8% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and has risen 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
16.8% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Lakes, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 North Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31402/north-lakes/topic/family-households