Lakeside · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Lakeside

How families and households are made up across the area.

Zero one-parent families makes Lakeside stand out from almost every other area. This is a place where a huge majority of homes are couples with children, though a surprising number of people also live by themselves.

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📍 Lakeside, Suburb / Locality

Where Lakeside sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Lakeside — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Lakeside2.6
4621, QLD 2.2
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A typical home in Lakeside holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, 31% of residents live alone, a rate well above both the Queensland and Australian figures.

2.6

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.0%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 41.7%
  • 2021: 31.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Lakeside splits fairly evenly between 2 people (45%) and 1 person (41%), with 3 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 69.1% of families here. In contrast, there are no one-parent families in the area, which is far below the national average of 14.1%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Lakeside, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 33%.

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 Lakeside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31625/lakeside/topic/family-households