2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lockridge · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lockridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of families in Lockridge are led by a single parent, which is far above the national figure. This creates a distinct local profile where single-parent homes and people living alone are much more common than in most other areas.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Lockridge — lower than 57% of areas.
| Lockridge | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6054, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One in three residents lives alone, a rate well above the 25.6% national figure. While the typical home has 2.4 people—about the same as the rest of Australia—small households are very common here.
32.6% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lockridge splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 26.2% of the total, which is far above the state average of 13.5%. Meanwhile, couples with children are the most common family type, representing 49.2% of households.
26.2% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lockridge, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by One-parent families (26%) and Couples without children (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 Lockridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50857/lockridge/topic/family-households