2.0 ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
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.
Almost half of all homes in Kensington are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the area has a much smaller typical home size than most other parts of the country.
2.0
▲ +11.1%
- 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 86% of areas.
| Kensington | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5068, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 47% of people here live alone, a figure far above the national average of 26%. Because so many people live by themselves, the typical home in Kensington holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5.
46.6% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 46.6%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kensington, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.1% of the community, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. Over half of all families here are couples with children, while couples without children make up 26.3%.
17.1% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kensington, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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/SAL40677/kensington/topic/family-households