2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Smiths Lake · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Smiths Lake
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes shape daily life in Smiths Lake, where typical homes hold just 2.3 people. This is lower than most similar areas, with a high number of residents living on their own.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Smiths Lake — lower than 71% of areas.
| Smiths Lake | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2428, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.7% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 43.2% of the total.
26.7% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Smiths Lake, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. Couples with children are the largest group at 43.4%, followed closely by couples without children at 39.2%.
15.6% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Smiths Lake splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Smiths Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13579/smiths-lake/topic/family-households