2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lorne · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lorne
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of single-person households defines the family landscape in Lorne. While the typical home is small with just 2.1 people, more than a third of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Lorne — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are much more common here than in most areas, making up 34.9% of the total. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than average, with only 2.1 people per dwelling.
34.9% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lorne, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family types are split almost evenly between couples with children (43.9%) and couples without (43.3%). One-parent families make up 11.7% of the total, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
11.7% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Lorne splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Lorne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21542/lorne/topic/family-households