2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kalimna West · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all families in Kalimna West are couples without children, making them the most common household type. This trend contributes to smaller living arrangements, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kalimna West — lower than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than the national figure of 2.5 people. This is partly because 29% of residents live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
29.0% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Kalimna West, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 1 person is next at 29%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 2.8% of the total, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 50% having no children and 44.4% having children.
2.8% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Kalimna West, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (44%) and Other families (5%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Kalimna West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21283/kalimna-west/topic/family-households