3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kearns · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kearns
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in Kearns than in most similar areas, with a typical household of 3.1 people. This is a family-focused suburb where very few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Kearns — higher than 88% of areas.
| Kearns | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2558, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are a little larger than the national figure, with 3.1 people per household. Only 13.4% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.4% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kearns, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are families, with 67.5% being couples with children. One-parent families make up 13.8% of the mix, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
13.8% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kearns, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Kearns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12087/kearns/topic/family-households