2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kalaru · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kalaru
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Kalaru compared to the rest of New South Wales. Most households are small, with the typical home holding 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Kalaru — higher than 50% of areas.
| Kalaru | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2550, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 36.9% of all households. People living alone account for 26.3%, a figure slightly above the New South Wales rate.
26.3% ▲ +45.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kalaru, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.9%. Only 10.8% of families are headed by one parent, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.8% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kalaru, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Kalaru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12059/kalaru/topic/family-households