2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lock · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lock
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements defines Lock, where a high number of people now live alone. This trend is reflected in the typical home, which holds just 2.2 people—a figure that is lower than most similar areas and the national average.
2.2
▼ -15.4%
- 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 Lock — lower than 76% of areas.
| Lock | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5633, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here, making up 37.5% of the total, which is far above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most frequent, accounting for 38.6% of all households.
37.5% ▲ +43.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lock splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families in Lock are couples with children, while 33.8% are couples without. Only 10.6% are one-parent families, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
10.6% ▲ +46.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lock, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Lock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40774/lock/topic/family-households