2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake King · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lake King
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of residents in Lake King live alone, a figure well above the national average. This sparsely populated area sees a mix of small households and larger family groups, though one-parent families are much less common here than in other parts of the country.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 King — higher than 50% of areas.
| Lake King | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6356, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lake King has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. While 28.6% of people live alone, the most common household size is two people, making up 35.7% of the area.
28.6% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lake King, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 4 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.7% of families, while those without children account for 24.1%. Only 5.6% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
5.6% ▲ +236.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lake King, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 King [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50822/lake-king/topic/family-households