2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kogarah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kogarah
How families and households are made up across the area.
A mix of small and large living arrangements defines daily life in Kogarah, where 26.4% of households are people living alone. This is higher than most areas, though the typical home still holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
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 Kogarah — higher than 50% of areas.
| Kogarah | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2217, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31% of households consist of two people, while 26.4% are single occupants. This higher rate of people living alone compared to most areas is balanced by a steady number of larger homes, with 15.8% of households containing four people.
26.4% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kogarah splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.3%, while 28.1% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 12.1%, which is a little below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
12.1% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kogarah, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Kogarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12190/kogarah/topic/family-households