Kembla Grange · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kembla Grange

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people are living together in Kembla Grange than in most other areas, with the typical home holding 3.0 people. This is a family-heavy community where large households are the norm and very few people live on their own.

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📍 Kembla Grange, Suburb / Locality

Where Kembla Grange 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 Kembla Grange — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kembla Grange3.0
2526, NSW 2.7
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The area has far fewer people living alone (12.5%) than the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here is larger than usual, with 30.3% of households containing two people and 24.9% holding four.

3.0 ▲ +7.1%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 3.2
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

12.5% ▲ +15.4%

Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.8%
  • 2016: 9.3%
  • 2021: 12.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Kembla Grange, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (21%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 69.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.1%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

10.1% ▼ -32.1%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.8%
  • 2016: 10.7%
  • 2021: 10.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kembla Grange, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 19%.

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 Kembla Grange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12100/kembla-grange/topic/family-households