2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lakewood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lakewood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Lakewood, where the typical home holds only 2.2 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a high proportion of couples without children and single-person homes.
2.2
—
- 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 Lakewood — lower than 76% of areas.
| Lakewood | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2443, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.4% of residents live alone, which is higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales figure of 25.0%. Small homes are common, with 45% of households containing just two people.
27.4% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lakewood, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 46%, while one-parent families account for 12.7%. This share of one-parent families is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.7% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lakewood, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (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 Lakewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12268/lakewood/topic/family-households