2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kingston · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Kingston
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in Kingston than in most similar areas. This is a family-oriented region where over 61% of families consist of couples with children. The typical household size has remained steady at 2.5 people over the last decade.
2.5
→ 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 Kingston — higher than 71% of areas.
| Kingston | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.9% of people here live alone, a figure that is lower than most other areas and has risen slightly since 2011. The most common home size is two people, making up 31.7% of all households.
26.9% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kingston splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (27%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.4%, while one-parent families account for 12.8%. This last figure is lower than in most similar areas and sits a little below the national average.
12.8% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kingston, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23430/kingston/topic/family-households