3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kariong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Kariong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a common sight in Kariong, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is much higher than most areas, reflecting a community where far fewer people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Kariong — higher than 89% of areas.
| Kariong | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2250, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.1% of residents live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes here are larger than usual, though the number of people per home has edged down slightly since 2011.
15.1% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kariong, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 65.6% of the total. One-parent families account for 14.3% of the mix, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure.
14.3% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kariong, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Kariong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102011033/kariong/topic/family-households