2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lancaster · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lancaster
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Lancaster have remained largely stable since 2011. Most homes here are family-based, with 58.2% being couples with children. This creates a community where larger households are common and people living alone are far less frequent than in the rest of the country.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Lancaster — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Lancaster hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. Only 19.3% of households consist of one person, a figure well below both the Victorian and national averages.
19.3% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lancaster, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.2%, while couples without children account for 28.6%. One-parent families represent 11.5% of the total, which is a little below the national figure.
11.5% ▲ +43.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lancaster, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Lancaster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21454/lancaster/topic/family-households