2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kew East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Kew East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Kew East than in most other parts of Australia. The area is dominated by family homes, with 66.7% of families consisting of couples with children. This makes it a place where larger households are more common than in the typical Victorian suburb.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Kew East — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.7 people per home, household sizes here are higher than in most areas. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 19.7%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
19.7% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kew East, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in the area are couples with children. One-parent families make up 11.5% of the total, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
11.5% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kew East, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Kew East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011154/kew-east/topic/family-households