2.6 ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kurri Kurri · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Kurri Kurri
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living alone in Kurri Kurri than they were in 2011, contributing to a shift toward larger households. This change is most evident in the rise of one-parent families, which now make up 21.9% of the local mix. The area is now more likely to have larger homes than most similar places.
2.6
▲ +13.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Kurri Kurri — higher than 71% of areas.
| Kurri Kurri | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2327, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Kurri Kurri now holds 2.6 people, a figure that has climbed since 2011. This trend is reflected in the fact that only 24.5% of residents live alone, which is lower than in most other areas.
24.5% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kurri Kurri, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families have become much more common here, rising to 21.9% since 2011. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and far higher than most similar areas.
21.9% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kurri Kurri, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Kurri Kurri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112011/kurri-kurri/topic/family-households