2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kewdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kewdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Kewdale live alone, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area stand out as a place with a higher proportion of single-person households compared to most other regions. Despite this, the typical number of people per home is 2.5, matching the state and national averages.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Kewdale — higher than 50% of areas.
| Kewdale | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6105, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.4% of people live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Two-person households are the most common at 32.3%, while 15.8% of homes hold three people.
29.4% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kewdale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 59.1%. One-parent families account for 13.7% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the Western Australian average.
13.7% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kewdale, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Kewdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50756/kewdale/topic/family-households