2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lee · State Electorate
Family & Households in Lee
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people in Lee live alone, which is well above the national figure. This creates a landscape where single-person households are common and homes are generally smaller than in other areas. Most residents live in two-person households, while the rest are split between families and a growing number of lone occupants.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Lee — lower than 86% of areas.
| Lee | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lee holds 2.3 people, which is much lower than most areas and has edged down since 2011. This is linked to the high number of people living alone, a figure that rose by 3.6 percentage points over the last decade to reach 31.4%.
31.4% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lee splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families here are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 16.3% of the total. This share of single-parent homes is higher than most areas and rose by 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
16.3% ▲ +54.7%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lee, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Lee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40027/lee/topic/family-households