2.0 ▼ -63.6%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kilkivan · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Kilkivan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Kilkivan than in most similar areas. This shift has seen the typical home shrink from 5.5 people in 2011 to just 2.0 today, making it well below the national figure.
2.0
▼ -63.6%
- 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 Kilkivan — lower than 86% of areas.
| Kilkivan | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4600, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 44.2% of residents live by themselves, a figure that is far above the Queensland average of 24.7%. This high proportion of single-person homes helps explain why the area has a much lower number of people per home than most other places.
44.2% ▲ +548.6%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kilkivan splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.6% of the local group, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While this is much higher than in most areas, the proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
20.6% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kilkivan, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Kilkivan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322070/kilkivan/topic/family-households