2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kooyong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kooyong
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of people living alone than in most similar areas marks the domestic landscape of Kooyong. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, matching the state and national figures, the area has a diverse mix of household sizes. Most homes are occupied by either two people or a single resident.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Kooyong — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 26.4% of people in Kooyong live alone, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas. Two-person households are the most common at 34.4%, while those with four people make up 18%.
26.4% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kooyong, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 58.6%. One-parent families make up 13.2% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
13.2% ▲ +60.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kooyong, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Kooyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21393/kooyong/topic/family-households