Kinka Beach · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kinka Beach

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small households have become more common in Kinka Beach, where the typical home now holds just 2.0 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a very high proportion of people living on their own.

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Where Kinka Beach sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -4.8%
  • 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 Kinka Beach — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kinka Beach2.0
4703, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 39% of residents live alone, which is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7% and among the highest rates for similar areas. Most homes are small, with 42.4% housing two people and only 5.1% holding four.

2.0 ▼ -4.8%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

39.0% ▲ +16.5%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 33.5%
  • 2016: 38.0%
  • 2021: 39.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Kinka Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 8%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up half of all families at 50.7%. One-parent families account for 14.1%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Australian average.

14.1% ▲ +37.3%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.3%
  • 2016: 13.4%
  • 2021: 14.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kinka Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 35%.

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 Kinka Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31549/kinka-beach/topic/family-households