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Family & Households in Lower Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 63% of families in Lower Creek, making them the dominant household type. This is a small community where family structures are slightly more likely to include single parents than in most other Australian areas.

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Where Lower Creek sits — Average household size

2.6 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lower Creek — higher than 57% of areas.

Lower Creek2.6
2440, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.6 people per home, Lower Creek has a higher number of residents per household than most areas, though this is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.

Average household size

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2.6 —

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Lower Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (17%).

2 people 29.4% 4 people 23.5% 1 person 17.6% 3 people 17.6% 5 people 17.6%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 15.2% of the local total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most similar areas. Other families include couples without children at 23.9%.

Family composition

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In Lower Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 23%.

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 Lower Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12413/lower-creek/topic/family-households