2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lakes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lakes Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in Lakes Creek than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused community where the typical household has 2.7 people, which is slightly higher than the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Lakes Creek — higher than 71% of areas.
| Lakes Creek | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4701, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common at 36.9%. Only 22% of people here live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
22.0% ▲ +23.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lakes Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central to the area, with 59% of families being couples with children. One-parent families make up 11.5% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
11.5% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lakes Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Lakes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31624/lakes-creek/topic/family-households