2.8 ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in The Lagoon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define The Lagoon, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. It is a family-focused community where very few residents live alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▲ +12.0%
- 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 The Lagoon — higher than 76% of areas.
| The Lagoon | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.6% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes are larger than usual, with 38.6% of households consisting of two people.
13.6% ▼ -45.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In The Lagoon, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (15%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.8% of families here. One-parent families account for only 8.5%, which is well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
8.5% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In The Lagoon, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 The Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13844/the-lagoon/topic/family-households