2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lochiel · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lochiel
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Lochiel than across the state, with only 17.3% of households being single-person homes. This creates a community where most homes are shared, and the typical household is larger than the national average.
2.8
→ 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 Lochiel — higher than 76% of areas.
| Lochiel | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2549, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with an average of 2.8 people per dwelling. This is slightly above the Australian figure of 2.5, and is reflected in the fact that 33.8% of households consist of two people.
17.3% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lochiel, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 62.2% of families having children. This helps explain why one-parent families make up only 9.3% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% national figure.
9.3% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lochiel, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; 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 Lochiel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12376/lochiel/topic/family-households