2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lawrence · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lawrence
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-person homes are the most common arrangement in Lawrence, making up 47.6% of all households. The area has a balanced mix of family types, though it has a higher share of one-parent families than most similar places.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Lawrence — lower than 57% of areas.
| Lawrence | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2460, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.6. People living alone make up 22.6% of households, slightly below the national figure of 25.6%.
22.6% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lawrence, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children (43.1%) and couples without children (42.6%) are the main family types. One-parent families make up 13.4% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
13.4% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Lawrence splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families 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 Lawrence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12297/lawrence/topic/family-households