Kunghur · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kunghur

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than a third of residents in Kunghur now live on their own, a figure that has risen since 2011. This creates a unique mix where many people live alone, yet the typical home still holds about 2.7 people.

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📍 Kunghur, Suburb / Locality

Where Kunghur sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Kunghur — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kunghur2.7
2484, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A striking 37.5% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the usual household size of 2.7 people is about the same as the rest of Australia.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.5%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.1%
  • 2021: 37.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Kunghur splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (31%), with 4 people at 12%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 22.7% of the local total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most other families here are couples with children, who account for 61.4% of households.

22.7%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 21.8%
  • 2021: 22.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kunghur, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 20%.

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 Kunghur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12221/kunghur/topic/family-households