Kalbar · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kalbar

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger households than most similar areas define Kalbar, where the typical home holds 2.6 people. Most residents live in family units, with a notably low proportion of people living alone compared to the rest of the state and country.

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Where Kalbar sits — Average household size

2.6 ▼ -3.7%
  • 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 Kalbar — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kalbar2.6
4309, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 21.4% of people live alone, which is well below the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 38.4% of all homes.

2.6 ▼ -3.7%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

21.4% ▲ +1.0%

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 21.2%
  • 2016: 22.7%
  • 2021: 21.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Kalbar, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up over half of all families at 54.2%. One-parent families account for 15.0%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.

15.0% ▲ +32.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.3%
  • 2016: 14.9%
  • 2021: 15.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kalbar, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 31%.

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 Kalbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31471/kalbar/topic/family-households