3.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lockwood South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lockwood South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 11.1% of people live alone in Lockwood South, a figure that is far below the national average. This is a place where large households are the norm, with more people sharing a home than in most other areas.
3.0
→ 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 South — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than usual, with 3.0 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the low number of single-person homes, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
11.1% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lockwood South, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 62.2%, while one-parent families are well below the national figure at only 6.9%.
6.9% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lockwood South, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21529/lockwood-south/topic/family-households