Lameroo · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Lameroo

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.

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📍 Lameroo, Urban Centre

Where Lameroo sits — Average household size

2.2 ▲ +4.8%
  • 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 Lameroo — lower than 64% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Lameroo2.2
5302, SA 2.3
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

35.2% ▼ -6.3%

Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 37.6%
  • 2016: 22.7%
  • 2021: 35.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Lameroo, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 4 people (8%).

Families

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.

  • 2011: 11.9%
  • 2016: 9.4%
  • 2021: 11.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Lameroo, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (11%).

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 Lameroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421020/lameroo/topic/family-households