2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kettering · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kettering
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Kettering are run by couples with children, making it a family-focused area. The typical home holds about 2.4 people, which is a similar pattern to the rest of Tasmania.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Kettering — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common here at 45.8%. This helps explain why the 22.6% of people living alone is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29%.
22.6% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kettering, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.9% of families, while couples without children account for 41.1%. The proportion of one-parent families is 9.3%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
9.3% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kettering, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Kettering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60302/kettering/topic/family-households