1.7 ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kent Town · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kent Town
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Kent Town are occupied by just one person, placing it among the areas with the lowest household density. This high proportion of single-person households means the typical home is much smaller than those in the rest of the state.
1.7
▼ -5.6%
- 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 Kent Town — lower than 94% of areas.
| Kent Town | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 5067, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 48.5% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Consequently, there are only 1.7 people per home, a figure well below the Australian average of 2.5.
48.5% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.8%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kent Town, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 54.1%. One-parent families account for 12.8% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the South Australian average of 14.8%.
12.8% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kent Town, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 30%.
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 Kent Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40680/kent-town/topic/family-households