2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lucaston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lucaston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Lucaston compared to most similar areas. This is a place where homes are typically larger, with 2.6 people per household and a strong presence of families with children.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Lucaston — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.2% of people live alone, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%. Most homes hold two people (44.6%), contributing to a typical household size that is a little above the state average.
14.2% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lucaston, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 3 people (16%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 58.6% of the area. One-parent families are less common here at 7.2%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
7.2% ▲ +58.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lucaston, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Lucaston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60367/lucaston/topic/family-households