2.5 —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kew - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Kew - West has family and household patterns that mostly mirror the national average. Most homes here are headed by couples with children, and the typical household size is 2.5 people. This matches the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Kew - West — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
About 26.8% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. The most common household size is two people, making up 32.5% of all homes.
2.5 —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
26.8% —
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Kew - West, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (17%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here differ from the norm, with one-parent families making up only 10.5% of the total. This is well below the Australian average of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
10.5% —
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Kew - West, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Kew - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011522/kew-west/topic/family-households