Lue · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Lue

How families and households are made up across the area.

Two-thirds of families in Lue are couples with children, making this the most common household type in the area. The community is mostly made up of family homes, though a notable number of residents live on their own.

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Where Lue sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -7.4%
  • 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 Lue — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Lue2.5
2850, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 30.1% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. On average, there are 2.5 people per home, a result that is about the same as across Australia.

2.5 ▼ -7.4%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.1% ▲ +58.2%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.0%
  • 2016: 28.2%
  • 2021: 30.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Lue splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 2.5% of the total, a figure that is far below the national average of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 66.5% raising children and 29.7% without children.

2.5% ▼ -74.4%

Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.9%
  • 2016: 13.3%
  • 2021: 2.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Lue, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; 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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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lue [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12429/lue/topic/family-households