3.4 ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lysterfield South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lysterfield South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Among the highest levels of household occupancy for similar areas, Lysterfield South is a place of large homes and few solo dwellers. The typical home holds 3.4 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This creates a residential landscape dominated by big family groups rather than individuals.
3.4
▼ -5.6%
- 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 South — higher than 93% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 5.7% of people live alone here, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia. This is consistent with the high number of larger homes, where 28.1% of households have two people and 23.2% have five or more.
5.7% ▲ +42.9%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lysterfield South, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 73% of the local mix, while one-parent families are much lower than most areas at just 4.1%. This is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
4.1% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lysterfield South, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21559/lysterfield-south/topic/family-households