2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lorne · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lorne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Very few people live alone in Lorne, where households are typically larger than in most similar areas. Most homes are occupied by couples, with 50% of all households containing two people.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Lorne — higher than 57% of areas.
| Lorne | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2439, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Only 16.7% of people live alone, a figure well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
16.7% → 0.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lorne, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.4% of families here, while 41.7% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.9%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.9% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lorne, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (42%) and One-parent families (11%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Lorne
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lorne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12399/lorne/topic/family-households