3.4 ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lockhart River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lockhart River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements have become more common in Lockhart River since 2011. The area now has a very high proportion of one-parent families, with 36.7% of families falling into this group. This contributes to the typical home being much more crowded than the national average.
3.4
▼ -2.9%
- 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 Lockhart River — higher than 93% of areas.
| Lockhart River | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 4892, QLD | 3.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Lockhart River are much more crowded than the national figure, with 3.4 people per home. This is well above the Australian average of 2.5, and fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the state.
21.3% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lockhart River splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 1 person (22%), with 6 or more at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 36.7% of the community, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. While 45.2% of families are couples with children, the high rate of single parents is among the highest for similar areas.
36.7% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lockhart River, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by One-parent families (38%) and Couples without children (12%).
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 Lockhart River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31673/lockhart-river/topic/family-households