2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lauriston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lauriston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Lauriston than in most similar areas, making it a place where residents are more likely to share their homes. This trend is reflected in a typical household size of 2.6 people, which is slightly higher than the national figure.
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 Lauriston — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.5% of households are single people, a figure well below the 25.6% national average. Most homes are occupied by two people (39.6%) or four people (20.9%).
16.5% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lauriston, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.7%. One-parent families are rare here, making up just 5.3% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
5.3% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lauriston, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Lauriston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21474/lauriston/topic/family-households