2.8 ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leycester · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Leycester
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 55% of families in Leycester include children, making it a place where large households are common. This family-focused profile is reflected in the typical home, where 2.8 people live together—a figure much higher than most similar areas.
2.8
▲ +16.7%
- 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 Leycester — higher than 76% of areas.
| Leycester | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 12.2% holding six or more people. While 26.5% of people live alone, which is higher than most areas, the most common arrangement is a two-person household at 46.9%.
26.5% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Leycester, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.9% of families. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 9.0%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
9.0% ▼ -57.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Leycester, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Leycester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12323/leycester/topic/family-households