2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kennedy · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Kennedy compared to other parts of the country, which shapes the daily social landscape. This is a place where most households consist of two or more people, with the typical home mirroring the national average of 2.5 residents.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kennedy — higher than 50% of areas.
| Kennedy | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4816, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 20.8% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 47.9% of all households.
2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
20.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Kennedy, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (11%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with and without children are equally common, each representing 43.7% of families.
17.5% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Kennedy splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 17%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Kennedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31506/kennedy/topic/family-households