Kingstown · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kingstown

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 61.5% of families in Kingstown, the largest family group in the area. While many households include children, there is also a very high number of people living on their own compared to other regions.

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📍 Kingstown, Suburb / Locality

Where Kingstown sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Kingstown — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kingstown2.6
2358, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Nearly 40% of people in Kingstown live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home has 2.6 people, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.

2.6

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

39.1%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 39.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Kingstown splits fairly evenly between 1 person (45%) and 2 people (40%), with 4 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 13.5% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the 14.1% seen across Australia.

13.5%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.0%
  • 2021: 13.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kingstown, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 25%.

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 Kingstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12168/kingstown/topic/family-households