1.7 ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laurieton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Laurieton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home than almost any other similar area defines Laurieton, where nearly half of all households are single people. This creates a residential profile far different from the state and national norms, with a very high proportion of lone occupants.
1.7
▼ -5.6%
- 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 Laurieton — lower than 94% of areas.
| Laurieton | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2443, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 47% of people here live alone, a figure far above the national average of 26%. This explains why the typical home in Laurieton holds only 1.7 people, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5.
46.6% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.3%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Laurieton, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (41%) and 3 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 59.8%, while one-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas. At 16.8%, the proportion of single-parent families is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
16.8% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laurieton, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 23%.
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 Laurieton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12292/laurieton/topic/family-households