2.1 ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Killarney · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Killarney
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller than typical households are a defining feature of Killarney (L), where the usual home holds just 2.1 people. This is a little below the national figure and reflects a growing trend toward smaller living arrangements in the area.
2.1
▼ -19.2%
- 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 Killarney — lower than 71% of areas.
| Killarney | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4373, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, making up 32.7% of all households—a figure well above the Australian average. This has risen 8.7 percentage points since 2011, contributing to the drop in the typical number of people per home.
32.7% ▲ +36.0%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Killarney, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 41.7%, followed closely by those with children at 39.5%. One-parent families make up 16.6% of the total, which is a little above the state and national figures.
16.6% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Killarney splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Killarney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321060/killarney/topic/family-households