1.8 ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kingston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kingston
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge 19 percentage point gap separates Kingston from the rest of the territory in the number of people living alone. This area is defined by very small households and a high proportion of single-person homes, making it much different from the typical Australian suburb.
1.8
▼ -5.3%
- 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 Kingston — lower than 91% of areas.
| Kingston | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2604, ACT | 2.0 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 44.4% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home in Kingston holds only 1.8 people, well below the national average of 2.5.
44.4% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kingston splits fairly evenly between 1 person (44%) and 2 people (40%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 54.7%, while one-parent families account for 11.7%. This share of single-parent homes is about the same as the territory average.
11.7% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kingston, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 32%.
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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80083/kingston/topic/family-households