2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lake Gardens
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 29% of homes are occupied by just one person in Lake Gardens, making it a place where smaller households are more common than in most areas. While many families live here, the typical home is slightly smaller than those across Victoria and Australia.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Lake Gardens — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.3 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 28.9% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
28.9% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lake Gardens, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples with children (51.6%), while 34.4% are couples without. One-parent families make up 12.8% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
12.8% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lake Gardens, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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 Lake Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21435/lake-gardens/topic/family-households