2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 94% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lithgow · Urban Area
Family & Households in Lithgow
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living alone is far more common in Lithgow than in most similar areas, with 38.1% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011 and contributes to a smaller typical household size across the region.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Lithgow — lower than 94% of areas.
| Lithgow | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2790, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lithgow has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, which now make up 38.1% of the area.
38.1% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lithgow splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are well above the national average at 21.2%, a figure that has risen since 2011. Nearly half of all families in the area are couples with children, making up 46.5% of the total.
21.2% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 91% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lithgow, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1019/lithgow/topic/family-households