2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kempton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kempton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Kempton have remained relatively stable over the last decade. The area is mostly made up of families, with over half of all households consisting of couples raising children.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Kempton — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Kempton tend to be larger than in most other areas, with a typical 2.6 people per home. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4, and fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the state.
22.8% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kempton, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.6% of families in Kempton. One-parent families account for 14.2%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
14.2% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kempton, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Kempton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60301/kempton/topic/family-households