2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lewiston · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Lewiston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest group in Lewiston, where 64.3% of families fit this description. This is a place where large households are common and far more typical than in most other areas. The typical home here holds nearly three people, a figure that has remained steady since 2011.
2.9
→ 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 Lewiston — higher than 86% of areas.
| Lewiston | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 5501, SA | 2.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Lewiston are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4. Only 17.4% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average despite rising slightly since 2011.
17.4% ▲ +26.4%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lewiston, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.6% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
9.6% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lewiston, 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 Lewiston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415019/lewiston/topic/family-households