Lake Haven · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Lake Haven

How families and households are made up across the area.

A high number of people living alone shapes daily life in Lake Haven. Small households are the norm here, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people, which is lower than both the state and national figures.

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Where Lake Haven sits — Average household size

2.2 → 0.0%
  • 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 Lake Haven — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Lake Haven2.2
2263, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 34.1% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why Lake Haven has smaller households than most other areas.

2.2 → 0.0%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

34.1% ▼ -1.0%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 34.4%
  • 2016: 35.6%
  • 2021: 34.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Lake Haven splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 29.2% of the total, which is far above the Australian average of 14.1% and among the highest figures for areas of this size.

29.2% ▲ +29.2%

Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.6%
  • 2016: 25.5%
  • 2021: 29.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Lake Haven, the largest group is Couples with children at 39%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (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 Haven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12255/lake-haven/topic/family-households