3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kogarah Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kogarah Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger-than-average homes are common in Kogarah Bay, where 3.1 people live in the typical house. This is among the highest rates for similar areas, reflecting a place where few people live alone and family life is the main story.
3.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Kogarah Bay — higher than 88% of areas.
| Kogarah Bay | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2217, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.7% of people live by themselves, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is a little larger than the New South Wales average, with 30.9% of households containing two people.
13.7% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kogarah Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 67.6%. One-parent families account for 10.6%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.6% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kogarah Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12191/kogarah-bay/topic/family-households