2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Illawarra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lake Illawarra
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of residents live alone in Lake Illawarra, making it a place where single-person households are far more common than usual. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size than seen across the state or the nation.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Lake Illawarra — lower than 81% of areas.
| Lake Illawarra | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2528, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 38.5% of people here live by themselves, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Lake Illawarra holds only 2.1 people, a figure much lower than most areas.
38.5% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lake Illawarra splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.5% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children (44.3%) and couples without children (30.8%).
23.5% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lake Illawarra, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (31%) 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 Lake Illawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12259/lake-illawarra/topic/family-households