3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Kembla · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Kembla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become the norm in Mount Kembla, where the typical home now holds 3 people. This is a little above the national figure and reflects a community where few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Mount Kembla — higher than 86% of areas.
| Mount Kembla | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2526, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than in most areas, with 3.0 people per household. Only 14.5% of people live alone, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
14.5% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Kembla, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with 69% of households consisting of couples with children. One-parent families make up 7.1% of the area, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
7.1% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Kembla, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Mount Kembla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12780/mount-kembla/topic/family-households