2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kentville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kentville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Kentville than in most similar areas, making it a place where households are more likely to be shared. Nearly 60% of families here are couples with children, contributing to a typical home size of 2.6 people.
2.6
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- 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 Kentville — higher than 57% of areas.
| Kentville | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4341, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.6% of residents live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are occupied by two people (45.5%), meaning household sizes are higher than in most areas.
13.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kentville, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 5.5% of the total, a figure well below the 14.1% national average. The vast majority of families are couples, with 59.3% having children and 30.8% without.
5.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kentville, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Kentville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31511/kentville/topic/family-households