2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kingston SE · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Kingston SE
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Kingston SE, where far more people live alone than in most other areas. This shift is clear in the data, with nearly 36% of homes housing just one person.
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 Kingston SE — lower than 86% of areas.
| Kingston SE | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5275, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Kingston SE holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, which rose to 36.2% since 2011.
36.2% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kingston SE, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with one parent make up 10.6% of the area, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Nearly half of all families here are couples without children, at 48.1%.
10.6% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kingston SE, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Kingston SE [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415018/kingston-se/topic/family-households