2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Loftus · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Loftus
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Loftus than in most similar areas. This trend is seen in the high proportion of families with children and a very low number of people living by themselves. The typical home here holds nearly three people, which is higher than both state and national figures.
2.9
→ 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 Loftus — higher than 81% of areas.
| Loftus | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2232, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Loftus are larger than usual, with a typical size of 2.9 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, and is reflected in the fact that only 16.7% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
16.7% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Loftus, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 68.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.8% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.8% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Loftus, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Loftus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12380/loftus/topic/family-households