2.4 ▼ -52.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lake Mackay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Lake Mackay holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. This sparsely populated area has very few residential dwellings spread across a massive land area.
2.4
▼ -52.0%
- 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 Lake Mackay — lower than 57% of areas.
| Lake Mackay | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.4 people per home, Lake Mackay sits around the middle for similar areas. This is a little below the Northern Territory figure of 2.8 and almost identical to the Australian average of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Lake Mackay, 1 person is the majority at 57%; 5 people is next at 43%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The most common family composition is Couples without children at 44%, ahead of Couples with children (33%).
Family composition
View on map →In Lake Mackay, the largest group is Couples without children at 40%, followed by Couples with children (30%) and Other families (30%).
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 Lake Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70154/lake-mackay/topic/family-households