3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lower Portland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lower Portland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Lower Portland, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a family-heavy community with very few people living on their own, reflecting a domestic structure that sits well above the national figure.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Lower Portland — higher than 86% of areas.
| Lower Portland | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2756, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per household compared to 2.5 nationally. Only 11.5% of residents live alone, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
11.5% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lower Portland, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.5% of families. One-parent families account for 9.3%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages of around 14%.
9.3% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lower Portland, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12421/lower-portland/topic/family-households