1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kelso · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kelso
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live in each home in Kelso compared to the rest of the state. This area is mostly made up of small households, with the typical home holding only 1.9 people, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4.
1.9
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- 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 Kelso — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 50.7% of homes housing two people. This helps explain why 29.0% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.
29.0% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kelso, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 59.4%. One-parent families account for 9.9% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
9.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kelso, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 29%.
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 Kelso [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60300/kelso/topic/family-households