Louth Park · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Louth Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

Crowded homes are a defining feature of daily life in Louth Park, where the typical household has 3.5 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5. It is a place where large families are common and very few people live by themselves.

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📍 Louth Park, Urban Centre

Where Louth Park sits — Average household size

3.5 ▲ +75.0%
  • 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 Louth Park — higher than 92% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Louth Park3.5
2320, NSW 2.7
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Very few people live alone here, at just 2.7%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%. This shift is partly due to a sharp drop from 34.7% in 2011, while the typical number of people per home rose to 3.5.

3.5 ▲ +75.0%

Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 3.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

2.7% ▼ -92.3%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 34.7%
  • 2016: 30.3%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Louth Park, the largest group is 4 people at 31%, followed by 2 people (25%) and 3 people (22%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 78.6%. One-parent families are far less common than in the rest of Australia, making up only 3.7% of the total.

3.7% ▼ -83.9%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 22.7%
  • 2016: 21.6%
  • 2021: 3.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Louth Park, Couples with children is the majority at 79%; Couples without children is next at 18%.

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 Louth Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121069/louth-park/topic/family-households