2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kiama · State Electorate
Family & Households in Kiama
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few differences separate Kiama from the rest of the country in this area, as most family and household figures sit close to the national average. The most notable trend is the gradual shift toward smaller households, with the typical number of people per home dropping from 2.8 in 2011 to 2.5 today.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Kiama — lower than 57% of areas.
| Kiama | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two people make up the most common household size at 38.3%. While the number of people living alone has risen to 22.8% since 2011, this is still a little below the New South Wales and national figures.
22.8% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kiama, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 54.8%. One-parent families make up 12.9% of the total, which is a little below the national figure and has barely changed over the last decade.
12.9% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kiama, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10039/kiama/topic/family-households