2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lostock · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lostock
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Lostock are now occupied by a single person, a trend that has shifted the local living dynamic. This makes the area stand out from the rest of the state, with a typical household size of just 2.2 people.
2.2
—
- 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 Lostock — lower than 76% of areas.
| Lostock | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2311, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here, making up 56.0% of all homes. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 25.0%, which helps explain why the typical home has fewer people than most other areas.
56.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lostock, 1 person is the majority at 54%; 2 people is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children (63.6%) or without (31.8%). One-parent families make up 9.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lostock, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Lostock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12401/lostock/topic/family-households