Kurri Kurri · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kurri Kurri

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all families in Kurri Kurri are couples with children. This makes it a key residential hub for parents, though there is also a very high number of people living on their own compared to other similar areas.

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Where Kurri Kurri sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -4.0%
  • 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 Kurri Kurri — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kurri Kurri2.4
2327, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 31.3% of households consist of one person, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. The typical home has 2.4 people, a number that is about the same as the national figure of 2.5.

2.4 ▼ -4.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.3% ▲ +11.4%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 28.1%
  • 2016: 30.9%
  • 2021: 31.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Kurri Kurri splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 25.1% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest for areas of this type.

25.1% ▲ +2.3%

Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.6%
  • 2016: 22.9%
  • 2021: 25.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kurri Kurri, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (25%) and One-parent families (25%).

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 Kurri Kurri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12229/kurri-kurri/topic/family-households