3.3 ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kenthurst · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kenthurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large family homes are a defining feature of Kenthurst, where households are much larger than the national figure. With 3.3 people per home, the area has a very high proportion of families and far fewer people living alone than most other places.
3.3
▲ +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 Kenthurst — higher than 91% of areas.
| Kenthurst | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2156, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than usual, with 3.3 people per household compared to the Australian figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 11.4% of people live alone, which is far below the national rate of 25.6%.
11.4% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kenthurst, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70% of families in Kenthurst. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 7.2%, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
7.2% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kenthurst, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Kenthurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12108/kenthurst/topic/family-households