2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lismore Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lismore Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of people in Lismore Heights live alone, a figure well above the national average. This creates a distinct housing profile where small households are common and one-parent families are much more frequent than in other parts of the country.
2.2
▼ -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 Lismore Heights — lower than 76% of areas.
| Lismore Heights | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lismore Heights holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high proportion of single-person households, which make up 35.3% of the area.
35.3% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lismore Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 22.5% of the local total, a rate well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 45.1%, followed by couples without children at 31%.
22.5% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lismore Heights, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Lismore Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12354/lismore-heights/topic/family-households