2.8 ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Kennedy · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Port Kennedy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are sharing each home in Port Kennedy than they were in 2011, though households here remain larger than the national average. While the typical home now holds 2.8 people, there has been a notable rise in both people living alone and one-parent families over the last decade.
2.8
▼ -9.7%
- 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 Port Kennedy — higher than 79% of areas.
| Port Kennedy | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6172, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Port Kennedy are larger than most, with 2.8 people per household, which is a little above the state and national figures. Only 16.8% of people live alone, a rate well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.8% ▲ +43.0%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Kennedy, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.4%. One-parent families account for 17.7% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and has risen since 2011.
17.7% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Kennedy, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Port Kennedy
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Port Kennedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051187/port-kennedy/topic/family-households