2.5 ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Macquarie · State Electorate
Family & Households in Lake Macquarie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living arrangements in Lake Macquarie are shifting as more people live alone and households get smaller. This area sees a high number of single-parent families, with 16.5% of families fitting this description, which is much higher than most similar areas.
2.5
▼ -13.8%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Lake Macquarie — lower than 57% of areas.
| Lake Macquarie | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.5 people, a figure that has fallen from 2.9 in 2011. While two-person homes are most common at 37%, the number of people living alone has risen to 25.2%.
25.2% ▲ +15.5%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lake Macquarie, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52% of families here. One-parent families are a little above the national figure of 14.1%, and this proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
16.5% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lake Macquarie, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10042/lake-macquarie/topic/family-households