2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lucas · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lucas
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than the national average define Lucas, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This trend is driven by a high proportion of families with children and far fewer people living alone compared to across Victoria.
2.8
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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 Lucas — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Lucas are larger than in most areas, with 2.8 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 20.7%, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
20.7% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lucas, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group here at 64.8%. One-parent families account for 14.0% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Australian average.
14.0% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lucas, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Lucas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21550/lucas/topic/family-households