2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kiama · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kiama
How families and households are made up across the area.
Changing trends in living arrangements have shaped Kiama, where homes are now smaller than the national average. The typical home holds just 2.3 people, reflecting a growing number of single-person households and couples without children.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Kiama — lower than 71% of areas.
| Kiama | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2533, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are common here, with 28.4% of people living alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This contributes to a smaller household size than most areas, with the typical home holding 2.3 people.
28.4% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kiama, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.4% of families, while 39.9% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.7%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
10.7% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kiama, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12124/kiama/topic/family-households