2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kangaroo Flat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kangaroo Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 35% of people live alone in Kangaroo Flat, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person homes means the area has fewer people per household than most other parts of the country.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Kangaroo Flat — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures. This is driven by the fact that 34.7% of residents live alone, a rate much higher than most areas.
34.7% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kangaroo Flat splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.7% of the total, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. Other family types include couples with children at 46.1% and couples without children at 31.7%.
20.7% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kangaroo Flat, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Kangaroo Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21293/kangaroo-flat/topic/family-households