2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kinglake West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kinglake West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 65.6% of the local group, making Kinglake West a primary hub for families. This strong presence of parents and children means households here are larger and less likely to be single-person homes compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Kinglake West — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Kinglake West holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 15.0% of residents live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
15.0% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kinglake West, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.0% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% national average. Most families are couples, with 65.6% raising children and 25.0% without children.
9.0% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kinglake West, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Kinglake West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21360/kinglake-west/topic/family-households