2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
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.
Much fewer people share a home in Kingston than in most other similar areas. This is a place where small households are the norm, with a high number of residents living on their own.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 — lower than 90% of areas.
| Kingston | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Kingston have 2.1 people, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is partly because 33.2% of people live alone—a figure well above the national average and up from 29.6% in 2011.
33.2% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kingston, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.3% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 45.3% having children and 44.8% without.
9.3% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Kingston splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (45%), 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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA43360/kingston/topic/family-households