2.8 ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lance Creek · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge gap exists between Lance Creek and the rest of the country in how people live, with very few single-person households. Most homes here are family-based, and the typical household is larger than the national figure. This creates a community where living alone is rare compared to the state or national average.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lance Creek — higher than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes in Lance Creek are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per dwelling. Only 8.3% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
2.8 ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
8.3% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Lance Creek, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 4 people is next at 17%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.2% of families here. One-parent families are much lower than most areas at just 2.5%, which is far below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
2.5% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Lance Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lance Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21455/lance-creek/topic/family-households