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.

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📍 Kingaroy, Urban Area

Where Kingaroy sits — Average household size

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.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kingaroy2.4
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.

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.

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

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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

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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).

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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