2.6 ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kirwan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kirwan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Kirwan than in most similar areas. This trend helps explain why homes here are often larger, with a typical household of 2.6 people. Over half of all families are couples with children, contributing to a community where larger living arrangements are common.
2.6
▼ -10.3%
- 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 Kirwan — higher than 57% of areas.
| Kirwan | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4817, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Kirwan holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 22.4% of households consist of a single person, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
22.4% ▲ +40.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kirwan, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.2% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 51.9% of all family households.
20.2% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kirwan, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Kirwan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31558/kirwan/topic/family-households