2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lawson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lawson
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Lawson than in most similar areas. This trend is a key part of the local housing picture, with nearly 31% of homes containing just one person. The community is a mix of single-person households and family groups, with 55% of families being couples with children.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Lawson — lower than 57% of areas.
| Lawson | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2783, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.8% of residents live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. The typical home has 2.4 people, a number that is about the same as the state and national figures.
30.8% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lawson splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.9% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the national average of 14.1%.
16.9% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lawson, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Lawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12298/lawson/topic/family-households