1.8 ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kandos · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kandos
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Kandos than in most similar areas. This has led to a small typical household size of 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. The area's family structure also differs from the norm, with a much higher share of single-parent homes.
1.8
▼ -18.2%
- 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 Kandos — lower than 91% of areas.
| Kandos | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2848, NSW | 1.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of all households in Kandos consist of just one person, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why the number of people per home is well below the New South Wales average.
49.1% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kandos, the largest group is 1 person at 49%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.7% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This is among the highest proportions found in similar areas, while couples without children are the most common family type at 36.7%.
25.7% ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Kandos splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (37%) and Couples with children (36%), with One-parent families at 26%.
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 Kandos [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12065/kandos/topic/family-households