Lake Conjola · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Lake Conjola

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small households are the norm in Lake Conjola, where only 1.9 people live in the typical home. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community dominated by couples and individuals rather than large families.

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📍 Lake Conjola, Urban Centre

Where Lake Conjola sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -17.4%
  • 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 Conjola — lower than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Lake Conjola1.9
2539, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 29.4% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the area has some of the lowest occupancy rates for similar places, with 58.5% of homes holding just two people.

1.9 ▼ -17.4%

Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

29.4% ▲ +24.4%

Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 23.6%
  • 2016: 28.6%
  • 2021: 29.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Lake Conjola, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 29%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up 70% of families here. One-parent families are much less common than in the rest of the state, making up only 7.4% of the total, which is a drop of 9.2 percentage points since 2011.

7.4% ▼ -55.3%

Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 16.6%
  • 2016: 18.1%
  • 2021: 7.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Lake Conjola, Couples without children is the majority at 70%; Couples with children is next at 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 Lake Conjola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121063/lake-conjola/topic/family-households