Kennedy · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kennedy

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.

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📍 Kennedy, Suburb / Locality

Where Kennedy sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Kennedy — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kennedy2.5
4816, QLD 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.8%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.9%
  • 2021: 20.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Kennedy, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (11%).

Families

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.

  • 2016: 21.4%
  • 2021: 17.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Kennedy splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families 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 Kennedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31506/kennedy/topic/family-households