2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lachlan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lachlan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Lachlan have remained steady, with homes typically holding 2.7 people. This is a bit higher than the Tasmanian figure and suggests a community where few people live by themselves.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Lachlan — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.8% of people here live alone, which is far below the state figure of 29%. Most homes are shared, with 37.5% of households containing two people.
17.8% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lachlan, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 57.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent 9.7% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.7% ▲ +35.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lachlan, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Lachlan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60310/lachlan/topic/family-households