3.2 ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kentlyn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kentlyn
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Kentlyn holds 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it one of the areas with the largest households in the region. Most residents live in family groups, with a very low number of people living on their own.
3.2
▲ +10.3%
- 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 Kentlyn — higher than 89% of areas.
| Kentlyn | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2560, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 15% of households containing six or more people. This helps explain why only 20.9% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 25%.
20.9% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kentlyn, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 6 or more (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up the bulk of the area at 66%. One-parent families account for 9.8% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.8% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kentlyn, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Kentlyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12109/kentlyn/topic/family-households