2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lethbridge · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Lethbridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living alone in Lethbridge than they were in 2011, reflecting a shift toward larger households. The area is now dominated by families, with about 65% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Lethbridge — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than in most other areas, with 2.8 people per household. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, while the proportion of people living alone is well below the Victorian average.
16.4% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lethbridge, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 65.1% of families in Lethbridge. The share of one-parent families is 9.6%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011.
9.6% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lethbridge, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Lethbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221041/lethbridge/topic/family-households