2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Kempsey · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Kempsey
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in East Kempsey live alone, which is far above the national figure. This makes it an area where households are smaller than usual and single-person homes are very common. These trends are seen alongside a high number of one-parent families.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is East Kempsey — lower than 76% of areas.
| East Kempsey | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in East Kempsey has 2.2 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is driven by the 36.6% of people living alone, a rate far above the national average of 25.6%.
36.6% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →East Kempsey splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24% of the area, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 45.3%, followed by couples without children at 29.8%.
24.0% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Kempsey, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 East Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11357/east-kempsey/topic/family-households