3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lakemba · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lakemba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over three people typically live in Lakemba homes, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is a place where large households are the norm, with very few people living by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
3.1
▲ +3.3%
- 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 Lakemba — higher than 88% of areas.
| Lakemba | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2195, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 3.1 people, a figure a little above the New South Wales average of 2.6. Only 19.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
19.5% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lakemba splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 4 people (20%), with 1 person at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 73.7% of families, while one-parent families account for 11.5%. This share of single-parent homes is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.5% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lakemba, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 13%.
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 Lakemba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12266/lakemba/topic/family-households