Kirrawee · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kirrawee

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 28% of people live alone in Kirrawee, which is a higher rate than most other areas. This contributes to a typical household size of 2.5 people, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and national averages.

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📍 Kirrawee, Suburb / Locality

Where Kirrawee sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -3.8%
  • 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 Kirrawee — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kirrawee2.5
2232, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households are common here, with 27.7% of homes housing just one person. Two-person homes are the most frequent, making up 30.4% of all households.

2.5 ▼ -3.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.7% ▲ +5.8%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.2%
  • 2016: 24.9%
  • 2021: 27.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Kirrawee splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the largest group of families at 62.1%. One-parent families account for 12.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the state and national averages.

12.6% ▼ -7.6%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.7%
  • 2016: 13.1%
  • 2021: 12.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kirrawee, 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 Kirrawee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12181/kirrawee/topic/family-households