2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lexton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lexton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller home sizes and a high number of people living alone shape the daily life of Lexton. Most households are small, with a typical home holding just 2.3 people, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.3
→ 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 Lexton — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.2% of people live alone, a figure a little above the national average. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than in most areas, with 37.3% of households containing just two people.
28.2% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lexton, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.2% of families here. However, one-parent families are rare at 6.5%, which is well below both the Victorian and national figures.
6.5% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lexton, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Lexton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21497/lexton/topic/family-households