2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Plains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lake Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Lake Plains than in most similar areas. This is a family-heavy community where nearly 69% of households are couples raising children, contributing to a typical home size of 2.6 people.
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 Lake Plains — higher than 57% of areas.
| Lake Plains | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 5255, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.6 people per home, Lake Plains is slightly above the South Australian figure of 2.4 and about the same as the national average of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Lake Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 4 people (29%) and 1 person (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 8.6% of the community, which is well below the 14.1% national figure and the 14.8% seen across South Australia.
8.6% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lake Plains, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Lake Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40743/lake-plains/topic/family-households