2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lutana · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Lutana consist of just one or two people, reflecting a community with a high number of single dwellers. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, the area has a notably high proportion of one-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lutana — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 31.7% of households containing just one person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%, though the overall number of people per home is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.7% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Lutana splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.8% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This high proportion of single-parent homes stands out against the state average, where the figure is 15.9%.
21.8% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Lutana, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (22%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lutana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60373/lutana/topic/family-households