2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lidcombe · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lidcombe
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a roof in Lidcombe than in other parts of the country. The area is defined by larger households and a much lower rate of people living alone compared to the rest of Australia, with the typical home holding 2.9 people.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Lidcombe — higher than 81% of areas.
| Lidcombe | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2141, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with the typical household size of 2.9 people being much higher than most areas. Only 17.1% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
17.1% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lidcombe, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.1%, while one-parent families account for 12.4%. This share of single-parent homes is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
12.4% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lidcombe, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Lidcombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12325/lidcombe/topic/family-households