2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lockyer · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lockyer
How families and households are made up across the area.
Changing family patterns have shaped Lockyer, where one-parent families are now much more common than in most other areas. While typical home sizes mirror the national figure, over half of the families here are couples raising children.
2.5
—
- 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 Lockyer — higher than 50% of areas.
| Lockyer | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4344, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lockyer holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. Nearly half of all households consist of two people, while 22.6% of residents live alone, a figure a little below the national average.
22.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lockyer, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 3 people (24%) and 1 person (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.3% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a much higher proportion than in most other areas, though couples with children remain the most common family type at 54.7%.
20.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lockyer, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Lockyer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31675/lockyer/topic/family-households