1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lamplough · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live in each home in Lamplough than in the rest of the country. The area is sparsely populated and mostly non-residential, with a typical household size of just 1.9 people, well below the national figure of 2.5.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lamplough — lower than 89% of areas.
Average household size.
A high number of people live alone here, making up 36% of households, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Most homes are small, with 56% housing two people and 36% housing one person.
1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
36.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Lamplough, 2 people is the majority at 61%; 1 person is next at 39%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 8.1% of the total, a figure well below both the Victorian and national averages. Couples without children are the most common family type at 56.8%.
8.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Lamplough, Couples without children is the majority at 57%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lamplough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21453/lamplough/topic/family-households