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.
Lord Howe Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lord Howe Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households on Lord Howe Island are run by people living alone. This creates a smaller-than-average household size for the island, with a typical home containing only 2.2 people.
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 Lord Howe Island — lower than 76% of areas.
| Lord Howe Island | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2898, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are much more common here than in most areas, making up 32.3% of all households. This helps explain why the usual home size is a little below the national figure of 2.5 people.
32.3% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lord Howe Island, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families consist of couples with children, while one-parent families are well below the national figure at just 9.2%.
9.2% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lord Howe Island, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Lord Howe Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12396/lord-howe-island/topic/family-households