2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lymwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lymwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of people live alone in Lymwood, which is well above the national figure. This means the area has much smaller households than most other places. It is a sparsely populated area where small home sizes are the norm.
2.1
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- 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 Lymwood — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lymwood holds only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that about 32% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the Australian average.
31.7% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lymwood, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (37%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 57.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.6%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
13.6% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lymwood, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Lymwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60375/lymwood/topic/family-households