Kurraba Point · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kurraba Point

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes define Kurraba Point, where residents live in much smaller groups than most other areas. Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a community with a very high number of single-person households.

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Where Kurraba Point sits — Average household size

2.0 → 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 Kurraba Point — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kurraba Point2.0
2089, NSW 2.0
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People living alone make up 38.0% of households, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. This explains why the typical home size is much lower than in most areas, with 39.7% of homes housing just two people.

2.0 → 0.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

38.0% ▲ +17.1%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 32.5%
  • 2016: 32.4%
  • 2021: 38.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Kurraba Point splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 12%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children are the most common family type at 47.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 7.5% of the population, which is well below both the state and national figures.

7.5% ▲ +27.0%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 9.9%
  • 2021: 7.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Kurraba Point splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 7%.

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 Kurraba Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12225/kurraba-point/topic/family-households