Kyeemagh · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kyeemagh

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people are sharing homes in Kyeemagh than in most similar areas, with the typical house holding 2.8 people. This reflects a community where few people live alone and one-parent families are much more common than across the rest of the country.

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📍 Kyeemagh, Suburb / Locality

Where Kyeemagh sits — Average household size

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 Kyeemagh — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kyeemagh2.8
2216, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are often crowded, with the typical house holding 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 17.9% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages.

2.8 ▲ +3.7%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.9% ▼ -3.8%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.6%
  • 2016: 21.5%
  • 2021: 17.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Kyeemagh, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (19%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 17.7% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most other families are couples with children, who make up 59.7% of the total.

17.7% ▼ -2.7%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.2%
  • 2016: 12.8%
  • 2021: 17.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kyeemagh, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 22%.

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 Kyeemagh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12234/kyeemagh/topic/family-households