2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
New Lambton · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in New Lambton than in most similar areas. This creates a mixed domestic landscape where nearly 30% of households are single-person, though the typical home still holds about 2.4 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is New Lambton — lower than 57% of areas.
| New Lambton | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2305, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 29.8% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 31% of all households.
2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
29.8% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
New Lambton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (30%), with 4 people at 17%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.3% of the community, a little above the Australian average. Most families are couples with children, who account for 59.8% of the total.
15.3% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In New Lambton, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in New Lambton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12951/new-lambton/topic/family-households