2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kensington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kensington
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Kensington are couples with children. This creates a community where the typical home holds about 2.4 people, which is roughly the same as the national figure.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Kensington — lower than 57% of areas.
| Kensington | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4670, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.1% of people here live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This is higher than most similar areas, though two-person households are the most common group at 35.8%.
30.1% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kensington, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.9% of families, while couples without children account for 33.1%. One-parent families make up 12.3%, which is well below the state figure of 15.4%.
12.3% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kensington, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Kensington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31507/kensington/topic/family-households