2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Cargelligo · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Lake Cargelligo
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Lake Cargelligo are made up of people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This trend has grown over the last decade, contributing to a typical home size that is slightly smaller than the state average.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Lake Cargelligo — lower than 57% of areas.
| Lake Cargelligo | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2672, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.7% of residents live by themselves, a figure that has risen since 2011. Because of this, there are typically 2.3 people per home, which is a little below the New South Wales average of 2.6.
34.7% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lake Cargelligo splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.3% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 4.5 points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 49.6%.
21.3% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lake Cargelligo, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (28%) 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 Lake Cargelligo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115095/lake-cargelligo/topic/family-households