2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lenah Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lenah Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 60% of families in Lenah Valley are couples with children, making it a place where family life is central. Most homes are small to medium sized, with the typical household containing 2.5 people. This is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▲ +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 Lenah Valley — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Roughly 27% of people here live alone, which is higher than most similar areas. Two-person households are the most common at 31.3%, while 18.3% of homes contain three people.
26.7% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lenah Valley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family setups here are much less likely to be one-parent households compared to the state and national figures, at just 11%. Couples without children make up another 28% of the local family mix.
11.0% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lenah Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Lenah Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60331/lenah-valley/topic/family-households