2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
New Lambton Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in New Lambton Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in New Lambton Heights, where an average of 2.9 people live in each home. This is a family-heavy area where few people live by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 New Lambton Heights — higher than 81% of areas.
| New Lambton Heights | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2305, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, household size is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 12.9% of residents live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
12.9% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In New Lambton Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 65.5%. One-parent families account for 10.7% of the total, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
10.7% ▲ +66.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In New Lambton Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 New Lambton Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12952/new-lambton-heights/topic/family-households