2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kirkstall · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kirkstall
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family sizes in Kirkstall have remained steady since 2011, with most homes now housing more people than the national figure. This is a place where families dominate the landscape, with nearly 60% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Kirkstall — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Kirkstall holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas. Around 22.7% of residents live alone, a figure that is a little below the Australian average of 25.6%.
22.7% ▲ +30.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kirkstall, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.5%, while 29.3% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 11.7%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.7% ▲ +234.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kirkstall, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Kirkstall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21368/kirkstall/topic/family-households