2.5 ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kiama · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Kiama
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Kiama are couples with children, making it a place where family units are common. The area has seen a shift toward larger households, with the typical number of people per home rising from 2.1 in 2011 to 2.5 today.
2.5
▲ +19.0%
- 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 Kiama — higher than 64% of areas.
| Kiama | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2533, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Fewer people live alone here than in most other areas, a figure that has fallen by 10 percentage points since 2011.
23.6% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kiama, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 10% of the total, which is well below both the New South Wales and national figures. This proportion has also fallen by 7.8 percentage points over the last decade.
10.0% ▼ -43.9%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kiama, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113007/kiama/topic/family-households