2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kingaroy · Urban Area
Family & Households in Kingaroy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Kingaroy are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area has seen a noticeable shift toward smaller living arrangements, with a significant rise in the number of people living alone over the last decade.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Kingaroy — lower than 57% of areas.
| Kingaroy | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4610, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.1% of people in Kingaroy live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This increase in single-person homes has helped pull the typical household size down to 2.4 people, compared to 2.7 in 2011.
30.1% ▲ +41.6%
Higher than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kingaroy, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.9% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has risen by 6.6 percentage points since 2011.
19.9% ▲ +49.3%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kingaroy, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (20%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Kingaroy
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Kingaroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3010/kingaroy/topic/family-households