2.5 ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lakeland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lakeland
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than one in four people live alone in Lakeland, a rate that is well above the Queensland average. This high number of single-person households balances out the fact that over half of all families here are couples raising children.
2.5
▲ +13.6%
- 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 Lakeland — higher than 50% of areas.
| Lakeland | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4871, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lakeland houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 27.9% of households consist of just one person, the most common arrangement is a two-person home, making up 33.7% of the total.
27.9% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lakeland, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.1% of families, while those without children account for 36.1%. Only 9.5% of families are headed by a single parent, which is well below the national and state figures.
9.5% ▲ +44.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lakeland, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Lakeland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31623/lakeland/topic/family-households