2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kogarah · State Electorate
Family & Households in Kogarah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Kogarah, where 2.8 people typically live in each home. This is much higher than most similar areas and stays well above the national figure of 2.5. The area's family-centric feel is reflected in the fact that far fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Kogarah — higher than 79% of areas.
| Kogarah | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 21.1% of people live alone, which is well below both the state and national figures. Most homes house two people (29.1%) or three people (20.4%), and the typical number of residents per home has barely changed since 2011.
21.1% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kogarah, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.8% of families, while couples without children account for 24.7%. One-parent families represent 13.6% of the mix, a figure that has risen 4.8 points since 2011 and sits about the same as the Australian average.
13.6% ▲ +54.7%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kogarah, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Kogarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10040/kogarah/topic/family-households