2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Lismore · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Lismore
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living than most similar areas define East Lismore. About 34.5% of households consist of one person, meaning homes here are smaller than the national figure. This trend is mirrored in the family data, where one-parent families are also well above the state and national averages.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is East Lismore — lower than 71% of areas.
| East Lismore | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in East Lismore hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, which make up 34.5% of the area.
34.5% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →East Lismore splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.5% of the local mix, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national average. Other families are less common, with couples with children making up 48.7% of the total.
23.5% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Lismore, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 East Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11361/east-lismore/topic/family-households