2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lake Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Lake Heights have shifted over the last decade, with one-parent families now making up a much larger share than in most other areas. More than half of all families here include children, and the typical home holds about 2.6 people.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Heights — higher than 57% of areas.
| Lake Heights | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2502, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 24.2% of people live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. The most common household size is two people, making up 34.2% of all homes.
24.2% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lake Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 57.3%.
17.4% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lake Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 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 Lake Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12256/lake-heights/topic/family-households