2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kingswood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kingswood
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of residents live alone in Kingswood than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, the area is marked by a very high number of single-person households and a significant number of one-parent families.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Kingswood — lower than 57% of areas.
| Kingswood | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2747, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This results in a typical household size of 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
35.0% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kingswood, the largest group is 1 person at 35%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.8% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. Couples with children are the most common family type at 52.9%.
23.8% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kingswood, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families 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 Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12171/kingswood/topic/family-households