2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kinglake · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Kinglake
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are much more common in Kinglake than in most similar areas. Most homes here are family-based, with 58.5% consisting of couples with children. This shift toward larger living arrangements is reflected in a decline in people living alone.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Kinglake — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in the typical home, a figure that has edged up since 2011. This is higher than most areas, and far fewer people live alone here (22.0%) compared to the national figure of 25.6%.
22.0% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kinglake, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.8% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%. This is a notable drop from 2011, when the figure was 15.5%.
10.8% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kinglake, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Kinglake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215042/kinglake/topic/family-households