Kinka Beach · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Kinka Beach

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small households are the norm in Kinka Beach, where the typical home holds just two people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5 people per home, reflecting a community dominated by couples and those living on their own.

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📍 Kinka Beach, Urban Centre

Where Kinka Beach sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -4.8%
  • 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 Kinka Beach — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kinka Beach2.0
4703, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 39% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is only 2.0 people, a figure that has edged down since 2011.

2.0 ▼ -4.8%

Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

39.0% ▲ +9.6%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 35.6%
  • 2016: 35.4%
  • 2021: 39.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Kinka Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 8%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up over half of all families here at 50.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 14.1% of the total, a figure that has risen by 6.4 points since 2011 and is now about the same as the national average.

14.1% ▲ +83.1%

Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.7%
  • 2016: 22.8%
  • 2021: 14.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kinka Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 35%.

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 Kinka Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321061/kinka-beach/topic/family-households