2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lascelles · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lascelles
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Lascelles than in most similar areas, with a very strong focus on family life. The community is dominated by larger households, where nearly 71% of families consist of couples with children.
2.6
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- 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 Lascelles — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than in most other areas, with 2.6 people per dwelling. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, which at 12% is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
12.0% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lascelles, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are very stable in Lascelles, with 70.7% being couples with children. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure that is far below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lascelles, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Lascelles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21472/lascelles/topic/family-households