2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kent · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Kent
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of families with children define daily life in Kent, where nearly 74% of households include a couple with kids. This creates a family-heavy atmosphere, though it also sees a growing number of people living by themselves.
2.6
→ 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 Kent — higher than 79% of areas.
| Kent | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Kent usually hold 2.6 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is about the same as the national figure, those living alone have increased to 29.9%, a rate well above the Australian average.
29.9% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kent splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (29%), with 4 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here are quite traditional, with couples with children making up 73.9% of the total. Only 2.0% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is far below the state and national averages and has fallen since 2011.
2.0% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kent, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Kent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54480/kent/topic/family-households