2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kempsey - Nambucca · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Kempsey - Nambucca
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Kempsey - Nambucca than in most other similar areas. This shift is partly seen in the 30.7% of households made up of single residents, which is well above the national figure. These patterns contribute to a smaller typical household size across the region.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Kempsey - Nambucca — lower than 86% of areas.
| Kempsey - Nambucca | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is driven by the high number of single-person homes, which rose to 30.7% by 2021.
30.7% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kempsey - Nambucca, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.4% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. While this remains among the highest levels for similar areas, it fell slightly from 21.4% in 2011.
20.4% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kempsey - Nambucca, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Kempsey - Nambucca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10802/kempsey-nambucca/topic/family-households