2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kensington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kensington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 30% of people in Kensington live on their own, which is well above the national figure. This makes it a place where small households are common and the typical home is smaller than in most other areas.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Kensington — lower than 71% of areas.
| Kensington | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2033, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 30.5% of people living alone, Kensington has a higher rate of single-person homes than most areas. This helps explain why there are typically 2.3 people per home, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
30.5% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kensington, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53% of families here, while 34% are couples without children. Only 10.6% of families are headed by one parent, a figure well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.6% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kensington, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Kensington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12107/kensington/topic/family-households