2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kingston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kingston
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Kingston than in most other areas, with a typical household of 2.9 people. This is a place where family life is central, though it has a very high proportion of single parents compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Kingston — higher than 81% of areas.
| Kingston | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4114, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household, which is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 2.5. While about 24.4% of people live alone, nearly a third of households consist of two people.
24.4% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kingston splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (24%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parenthood is very common here, with one-parent families making up 30.8% of the total. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the Queensland rate of 15.4%.
30.8% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kingston, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; One-parent families 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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31548/kingston/topic/family-households