2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Kembla · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Kembla
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person households and one-parent families define the home lives of people in Port Kembla. These trends make the area stand out from across New South Wales and the rest of Australia. While most homes hold about 2.4 people, many residents live alone or in smaller family units.
2.4
→ 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 Port Kembla — lower than 57% of areas.
| Port Kembla | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2505, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More than 31% of people in Port Kembla live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 32.8%, while the typical household size of 2.4 people is about the same as across Australia.
31.2% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Kembla splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.4% of the area, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen nationally. Other family types are also common, with 50.9% of families being couples with children and 25.2% being couples without children.
22.4% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Kembla, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 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 Port Kembla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13257/port-kembla/topic/family-households