2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lockyer · State Electorate
Family & Households in Lockyer
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Lockyer are couples with children. This makes it a place where households are larger than in most other areas, with a typical home holding 2.7 people. The area is far less likely to have people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Lockyer — higher than 71% of areas.
| Lockyer | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Lockyer typically hold 2.7 people, which is much higher than most areas. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 20.9%, a figure well below both the Queensland and national averages.
20.9% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lockyer, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 16.2%, a figure that is higher than most areas and has risen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
16.2% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lockyer, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Lockyer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30043/lockyer/topic/family-households