Kenilworth · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kenilworth

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all families in Kenilworth are couples without children, making it the most common household type. This rural area has smaller homes than the national average, with a high number of people living on their own.

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📍 Kenilworth, Suburb / Locality

Where Kenilworth sits — Average household size

2.3 ▲ +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 Kenilworth — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kenilworth2.3
4574, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Kenilworth holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 26.3% of residents live alone, a rate slightly higher than the Queensland average.

2.3 ▲ +4.5%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.3% ▼ -19.1%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 32.5%
  • 2016: 31.6%
  • 2021: 26.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Kenilworth, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children and those with children make up the vast majority of families here. One-parent families account for only 7.5% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

7.5% ▼ -34.5%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.4%
  • 2016: 16.7%
  • 2021: 7.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Kenilworth splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 7%.

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 Kenilworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31503/kenilworth/topic/family-households