2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lancefield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lancefield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in Lancefield, representing 58.6% of all families. This is a place where households are generally larger than in most similar areas, with fewer people living by themselves.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Lancefield — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 20.6%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
20.6% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lancefield, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12.7% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
12.7% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lancefield, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Lancefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21456/lancefield/topic/family-households