2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kirwans Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kirwans Bridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 2.1 people typically live in each home in Kirwans Bridge, making it much smaller than most similar areas. This low number is driven by a high proportion of two-person households. Most residents live in small family units or as couples without children.
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 Kirwans Bridge — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 70% of households consist of just two people, which helps explain why the typical home size is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. About 21.2% of people live alone, a rate well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.2% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kirwans Bridge, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the majority of families at 55.8%. Only 8.7% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
8.7% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kirwans Bridge, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 28%.
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 Kirwans Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21369/kirwans-bridge/topic/family-households