3.4 ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6
- 2016: 3.6
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kirkham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kirkham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 66.6% of families in Kirkham, making it a primary hub for families. This is a place where households are much larger than usual, with a typical home holding 3.4 people.
3.4
▼ -5.6%
- 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 Kirkham — higher than 93% of areas.
| Kirkham | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 2570, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Kirkham are well above the national figure of 2.5 people per household. This is reflected in the very low number of people living alone, at just 7.1%, which is far below the national rate of 25.6%.
7.1% ▲ +88.8%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kirkham, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 5 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.2% of the total, which is well below both the New South Wales and national figures of around 14%.
9.2% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kirkham, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; 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 Kirkham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12180/kirkham/topic/family-households