2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lethbridge · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lethbridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 64.8% of families in Lethbridge, the largest family group in the area. This is a place where homes are typically larger than in other regions, with fewer people living by themselves.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Lethbridge — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Lethbridge are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 16.2%, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
16.2% ▲ +20.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lethbridge, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, while one-parent families make up 10% of the total. This figure is well below both the Victorian and national averages.
10.0% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lethbridge, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Lethbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21496/lethbridge/topic/family-households