2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lower Longley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lower Longley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 19.4% of people in Lower Longley live alone, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This suggests a community where most residents share their homes. The area is largely made up of families, with nearly half of all households consisting of couples with children.
2.5
▼ -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 Lower Longley — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With a typical 2.5 people per home, household size is about the same as the rest of Australia. Two-person households are the most common at 40.9%, while those living alone are much less common here than in most other areas.
19.4% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lower Longley, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families make up the bulk of the community, and 48.9% of households are couples with children. One-parent families make up 16.3% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
16.3% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lower Longley, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Lower Longley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60360/lower-longley/topic/family-households