2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lennox Head · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lennox Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Lennox Head than in the rest of the country, with only 19.4% of households being single-person homes. This gap reflects a community where residents are more likely to live in pairs or larger family groups. Most households here are small, with the typical home holding 2.6 people.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Lennox Head — higher than 57% of areas.
| Lennox Head | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2478, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than in most similar areas. Two-person households are the most common at 37.5%, while those with only one person are well below the national figure of 25.6%.
19.4% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lennox Head, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.5%, followed by couples without children at 29.2%. One-parent families account for 11.5%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
11.5% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lennox Head, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Lennox Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12312/lennox-head/topic/family-households