2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kotara South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kotara South
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Kotara South than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused neighbourhood where nearly 70% of households are couples with children. These larger living arrangements mean far fewer people live on their own here compared to the national average.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Kotara South — higher than 76% of areas.
| Kotara South | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2289, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. Only 22.2% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
22.2% ▲ +26.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kotara South, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 69.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.5%, which is well below both the state and national figures of around 14%.
10.5% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kotara South, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Kotara South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12209/kotara-south/topic/family-households