2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kempsey · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Kempsey
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-parent homes defines the family landscape in Kempsey. This shift is stark, with one-parent families now making up 32.8% of households, a figure that has climbed steeply since 2011.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Kempsey — higher than 57% of areas.
| Kempsey | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More people are living alone here than in most similar areas, with 32.2% of households consisting of just one person. While this is well above the national figure, the typical home still holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as across Australia.
32.2% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kempsey splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are far more common here than in the rest of New South Wales, accounting for 32.8% of families. This represents a huge increase of 21 percentage points since 2011, making it one of the highest rates for this area type.
32.8% ▲ +175.0%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kempsey, the largest group is Couples with children at 39%, followed by One-parent families (33%) and Couples without children (26%).
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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113006/kempsey/topic/family-households