2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kempsey · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Kempsey
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 21% of families in Kempsey are headed by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This high rate of one-parent households is a key feature of the local family landscape, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Kempsey — lower than 57% of areas.
| Kempsey | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.9% of people here live alone, which is well above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most homes are small, with 38.9% housing two people and a typical size of 2.4 people per home.
28.9% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kempsey, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.4% of the total, which is much higher than most other areas. Couples with children are the most common family type at 43%, followed by couples without children at 34.1%.
21.4% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kempsey, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14350/kempsey/topic/family-households