2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lameroo · Urban Centre
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Lameroo than in the rest of the state, with 35.2% of households consisting of just one person. This high number of single-person homes means the town has a smaller typical household size than most of Australia.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Lameroo — lower than 64% of areas.
| Lameroo | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5302, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
With 35.2% of people living alone, the usual household size is 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This figure has edged up slightly since 2011, while the proportion of people living alone has fallen by 2.4 percentage points.
2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
35.2% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Lameroo, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 4 people (8%).
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families here are couples with children, while 37.8% are couples without. One-parent families make up 11.5% of the total, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
11.5% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Lameroo, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (11%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lameroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421020/lameroo/topic/family-households