2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lockyer Waters · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lockyer Waters
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly a quarter of all families in Lockyer Waters are led by a single parent, which is well above the national figure. This is a place where households tend to be larger than usual, with more people sharing homes and far fewer residents living on their own.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Waters — higher than 76% of areas.
| Lockyer Waters | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4311, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with a typical 2.8 people per dwelling compared to 2.5 across Australia. Only 19.9% of people live alone, a figure well below the Queensland average of 24.7%.
19.9% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lockyer Waters, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.4% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national rate of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 46.3%.
22.4% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lockyer Waters, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31676/lockyer-waters/topic/family-households