2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kelso · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Kelso
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and more children define daily life in Kelso, where the typical household has 2.8 people. This is higher than the usual figure for Queensland and Australia, reflecting a community where few people live alone.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Kelso — higher than 79% of areas.
| Kelso | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4815, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.4% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. While this has risen since 2011, the area remains much more crowded than most, with 34.3% of homes housing two people.
18.4% ▲ +48.4%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kelso, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.1% of the area, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This represents one of the highest proportions of single-parent homes among similar areas, rising 5.0 points since 2011.
23.1% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kelso, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families is next at 23%.
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 Kelso [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021480/kelso/topic/family-households