2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kangaroo Island · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Kangaroo Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of homes on Kangaroo Island are occupied by a single person, creating a unique living landscape. This high proportion of solo dwellers means the area has a much smaller typical household size than most other regions. It is a place where smaller living arrangements are common across the island.
2.2
→ 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 Kangaroo Island — lower than 86% of areas.
| Kangaroo Island | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5223, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.9% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6% and one that has risen since 2011. This helps explain why homes here are smaller than usual, with just 2.2 people per dwelling compared to 2.5 across Australia.
33.9% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kangaroo Island, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.6% of families, while 43.1% are couples without children. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, sitting at 9.4%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
9.4% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Kangaroo Island splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 9%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Kangaroo Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407011145/kangaroo-island/topic/family-households