2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lismore · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lismore
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 43% of people in Lismore (Vic.) live alone, which is far above the national figure. This high number of single-person households means the area has much smaller homes than most other places, with only 2.0 people per home on average.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Lismore — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 42.7% of households consist of one person, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and 17 percentage points above the Victorian and national figures. Consequently, the typical home is much smaller than elsewhere, with only 2.0 people per home.
42.7% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lismore, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.9% of families here. One-parent families account for 10.4%, which is around the middle for its level and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.4% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lismore, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21516/lismore/topic/family-households