2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kearsley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kearsley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a common feature of daily life in Kearsley, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than in most similar areas, reflecting a community where families and multi-person households are the norm.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Kearsley — higher than 76% of areas.
| Kearsley | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2325, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure. This is consistent with fewer people living alone here, at 22%, which is well below both the state and national rates.
22.0% ▲ +37.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kearsley, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.3% of families, but one-parent families are much more common here than in most areas. At 19.3%, this is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
19.3% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kearsley, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Kearsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12088/kearsley/topic/family-households