Kanoona · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kanoona

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people live alone in Kanoona than in most other similar areas, with a strong focus on larger households. The area is dominated by families, where nearly half of all homes contain couples with children.

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📍 Kanoona, Suburb / Locality

Where Kanoona sits — Average household size

3.0 ▲ +7.1%
  • 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 Kanoona — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kanoona3.0
2550, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per house compared to the national figure of 2.5. Very few people live alone at 8.7%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.0 ▲ +7.1%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

8.7% ▲ +7.0%

Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 8.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Kanoona, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 4 people (14%) and 6 or more (11%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 49.6% of families in the area. Only 10.9% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.

10.9% ▲ +31.1%

Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.3%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 10.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kanoona, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 38%.

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 Kanoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12074/kanoona/topic/family-households