2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lockwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lockwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living alone in Lockwood than in previous years, contributing to a shift toward larger homes. This area is now defined by a strong presence of family units, with the typical home holding 2.8 people, which is more than the national figure.
2.8
→ 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 Lockwood — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Lockwood are larger than most areas, with 2.8 people per household and only 15.3% of people living alone. This is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
15.3% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lockwood, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 58.7% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.5%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.5% ▲ +20.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lockwood, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Lockwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21528/lockwood/topic/family-households