Killarney Vale · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Killarney Vale

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Killarney Vale are couples with children, making it a strongly family-focused area. The neighbourhood has a higher number of people per home than most similar areas, though the typical household size matches the state and national figures.

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📍 Killarney Vale, Suburb / Locality

Where Killarney Vale sits — Average household size

2.6 → 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 Killarney Vale — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Killarney Vale2.6
2261, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 23.4% of people live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes have two people (33.6%) or one person (23.4%), while 17.9% of households contain three people.

2.6 → 0.0%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

23.4% ▼ -2.6%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.0%
  • 2016: 24.7%
  • 2021: 23.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Killarney Vale, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single parents are much more common here than in most similar areas. One-parent families make up 21.6% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.

21.6% ▼ -7.4%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.3%
  • 2016: 23.7%
  • 2021: 21.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Killarney Vale, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 24%.

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 Killarney Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12139/killarney-vale/topic/family-households