2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kelso · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kelso
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Kelso consist of couples with children. This makes the area stand out for its family-focused makeup, with a much higher rate of single-parent homes than the state and national averages.
2.7
→ 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 Kelso — higher than 71% of areas.
| Kelso | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Kelso are larger than most areas, with 2.7 people living in the typical house. This is reflected in the fact that only 20.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.5% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kelso, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.2% of the local total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most other families are couples, with 55.2% having children and 24.7% without.
19.2% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kelso, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Kelso [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12098/kelso/topic/family-households