2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Powell · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Lake Powell are couples with children, making it a place where family living is very common. The area has a much lower rate of people living alone compared to the rest of the state, and most homes hold more people than the national average.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lake Powell — higher than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 57.1% of all households. Very few people live alone at 10.7%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
10.7% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Lake Powell, 2 people is the majority at 70%; 4 people is next at 17%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.7% of the total, which is far above the national average of 14.1%. This is among the highest rates for this type of family across similar areas.
26.7% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Lake Powell, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (26%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lake Powell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21441/lake-powell/topic/family-households