2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kangaroo Island · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Kangaroo Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone on Kangaroo Island than in most other Australian areas. This trend contributes to a small typical household size of 2.2 people, which has remained steady since 2011.
2.2
→ 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 Kangaroo Island — lower than 86% of areas.
| Kangaroo Island | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.9% of homes are occupied by a single person, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 41.1%, while only 9.2% of homes hold three people.
33.9% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kangaroo Island, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.4% of the total, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%. Couples with children are the largest group at 46.6%, followed closely by couples without children at 43.1%.
9.4% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Kangaroo Island splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Kangaroo Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA42750/kangaroo-island/topic/family-households