2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Lakes
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in North Lakes, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most areas, creating a community where few people live by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 North Lakes — higher than 81% of areas.
| North Lakes | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4509, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 15.7% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
15.7% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In North Lakes, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 65.9%. One-parent families account for 13.8% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the national average.
13.8% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Lakes, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 North Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32178/north-lakes/topic/family-households