2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lismore · Urban Area
Family & Households in Lismore
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Lismore are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out from most similar places, with a high number of people living alone and a typical home size that is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Lismore — lower than 86% of areas.
| Lismore | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.1% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and represents a rise since 2011. Because of this, the typical home in Lismore has 2.3 people, a little below the New South Wales average of 2.6.
34.1% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 91% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lismore splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.5% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% national average. This is among the highest proportions seen for similar areas and has risen slightly over the last decade.
23.5% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lismore, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1018/lismore/topic/family-households