Kalinga · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kalinga

How families and households are made up across the area.

Three people per home is the typical experience in Kalinga, a figure much higher than most similar areas. This creates a community where large households are common and few people live by themselves. These patterns are reflected in the high number of families with children living in the area.

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📍 Kalinga, Suburb / Locality

Where Kalinga sits — Average household size

3.0
  • 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 Kalinga — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kalinga3.0
4030, QLD 2.2
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 18.2% of people live alone here, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Homes in Kalinga are larger than usual, with 26.4% of households having two people and 24.4% having four.

3.0

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

18.2%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 17.5%
  • 2021: 18.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Kalinga splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (24%), with 1 person at 18%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 74.7%. This helps explain why one-parent families are less common here, at 8.2%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.

8.2%

Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 8.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kalinga, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 17%.

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 Kalinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31472/kalinga/topic/family-households