3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kangaroo Ground · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kangaroo Ground
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households have become a defining feature of Kangaroo Ground, with the typical home now holding 3.1 people. This is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia, reflecting a place where few people live alone and families tend to be larger.
3.1
→ 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 Kangaroo Ground — higher than 88% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With only 12.6% of people living alone, this is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes hold two people (35.8%) or four people (22.9%), which helps explain why this area has some of the highest numbers of people per home in the region.
12.6% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kangaroo Ground, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 65.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 7% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
7.0% ▲ +70.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kangaroo Ground, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Kangaroo Ground
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Kangaroo Ground [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21294/kangaroo-ground/topic/family-households