2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kew · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kew
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller than typical households define Kew, where just 2.3 people live in the average home. This is lower than most similar areas and sits slightly below the national figure of 2.5 people per dwelling.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Kew — lower than 71% of areas.
| Kew | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2439, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over half of all homes are occupied by just two people, and 22.8% are one-person households. This share of single-person homes is a little below the New South Wales figure of 25.0%.
22.8% ▲ +32.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kew, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 51.0% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.0%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.0% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kew, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 Kew [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12117/kew/topic/family-households