2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kings Meadows · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people in Kings Meadows live on their own, a figure well above the national average. This creates a residential landscape where small households are common, though half of all families still include children.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kings Meadows — lower than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
Small households are the norm here, with the typical home holding 2.3 people. This is a little below the Australian figure, partly because a high 31.5% of residents live alone.
2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.5% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Kings Meadows splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.3% of the total, which is well above the state and national figures. Roughly half of the families in the area are couples with children.
20.3% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Kings Meadows, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Kings Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60306/kings-meadows/topic/family-households