2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Myall Lakes · State Electorate
Family & Households in Myall Lakes
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people in Myall Lakes live alone, a figure well above the national average. This means the area is often home to smaller households, with the typical home containing just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Myall Lakes — lower than 90% of areas.
| Myall Lakes | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas and has edged down since 2011. This is consistent with a high number of single-person households, which make up 31.4% of the area.
31.4% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Myall Lakes, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average and has risen by 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
18.3% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Myall Lakes splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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 Myall Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10057/myall-lakes/topic/family-households