2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lima East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lima East
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has seen Lima East move toward a different household makeup since 2011. The area is now marked by a high number of people living alone and a very low rate of single-parent families.
2.2
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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 Lima East — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Lima East has only 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian average of 2.5.
29.7% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lima East, 2 people is the majority at 57%; 1 person is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 48.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.5%, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
6.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Lima East splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 Lima East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21506/lima-east/topic/family-households