2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lockyer · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lockyer
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 39% of homes in Lockyer are occupied by a single person, which is a far higher share than the national figure. This makes the area stand out as a place where many people live alone, contributing to a smaller typical household size overall.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Lockyer — lower than 71% of areas.
| Lockyer | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the state and national figures. This is driven by the fact that 38.6% of households are just one person, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
38.6% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lockyer, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.7% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the national rate of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children at 46.5% and couples without children at 24.3%.
27.7% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lockyer, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by One-parent families (28%) and Couples without children (24%).
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 Lockyer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50858/lockyer/topic/family-households