2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kensington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kensington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 35% of people in Kensington live alone, a figure well above the national average. This creates a community where small households are the norm, with the typical home holding just two people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Kensington — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, making up 34.9% of all households. Because so many people live alone, the typical home has 2.1 people, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
34.9% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kensington splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families in Kensington are couples with children. Couples without children make up 35.9% of families, while one-parent families account for 12%, which is a little below the national figure.
12.0% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kensington, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Kensington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21327/kensington/topic/family-households