1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laguna · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Laguna
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households have become the norm in Laguna, where just 1.9 people typically live in each home. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where many residents live independently or as couples.
1.9
▼ -9.5%
- 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 Laguna — lower than 89% of areas.
| Laguna | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2325, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 40.7% of households consisting of one person. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 25%, which helps explain why the typical home size is much lower than most areas.
40.7% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Laguna splits fairly evenly between 2 people (44%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples without children, making up 57.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.9%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.9% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laguna, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
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 Laguna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12245/laguna/topic/family-households