2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lithgow · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Lithgow
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of homes in Lithgow are occupied by just one person, which is far above the national figure. This means the area has a much higher proportion of people living alone than most other places. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a smaller typical household size across the region.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Lithgow — lower than 71% of areas.
| Lithgow | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2790, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lithgow now holds 2.1 people, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and sits a little below the Australian average. This is driven by the fact that 39.5% of residents live alone, which is far above the 25.6% seen nationally.
39.5% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lithgow, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 22.6% of the local mix, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. These households are more common here than in most similar areas, although the figure fell slightly since 2011.
22.6% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lithgow, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (31%) 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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113008/lithgow/topic/family-households