2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Kempsey · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Kempsey
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families than the national average defines the domestic life of West Kempsey, where 36.3% of families fall into this group. This is more than double the rate seen across Australia. The area generally has smaller households, with many people living on their own.
2.3
→ 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 West Kempsey — lower than 71% of areas.
| West Kempsey | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34% of people here live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Because of this, the typical home in West Kempsey holds 2.3 people, a little below the national figure of 2.5.
34.0% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Kempsey splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 36.3% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is among the highest proportions for this family type at this level, while couples with children account for 37.6% of families.
36.3% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →West Kempsey splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (36%), with Couples without children 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 West Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14264/west-kempsey/topic/family-households