3.2 ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lysterfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lysterfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Lysterfield holds 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes the area stand out for its large households and a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.2
▼ -5.9%
- 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 Lysterfield — higher than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Households here are much larger than most, with 29.3% containing four people and 10.7% containing five. Only 10.4% of residents live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
10.4% ▲ +36.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lysterfield splits fairly evenly between 4 people (29%) and 2 people (27%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 73.1% of the area. One-parent families account for 7.8%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
7.8% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lysterfield, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Lysterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21558/lysterfield/topic/family-households