2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Cathie · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Lake Cathie
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Lake Cathie than in most similar areas. This is a family-oriented community where almost half of all households are couples raising children.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Cathie — higher than 57% of areas.
| Lake Cathie | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2445, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes hold 2.4 people, which is higher than most similar areas, though this figure has edged down since 2011. About 23.7% of residents live alone, a rate a little below the national figure.
23.7% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lake Cathie, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.7%, which is lower than most similar areas and fell 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
12.7% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Lake Cathie splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Cathie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115096/lake-cathie/topic/family-households