5.0 ▲ +117.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 5.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kiwirrkurra · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Kiwirrkurra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 46% of homes in Kiwirrkurra house six or more people, making it an area with very large households. This means most residents live in crowded conditions compared to the rest of the state and country.
5.0
▲ +117.4%
- 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 Kiwirrkurra — higher than 99% of areas.
| Kiwirrkurra | 5.0 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here holds 5.0 people, which is far above the national figure of 2.5. This density is reflected in the low number of people living alone, which fell to 18.2% since 2011.
18.2% ▼ -46.3%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kiwirrkurra, the largest group is 6 or more at 50%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 2 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.9% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 19.2%, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages.
19.2% ▲ +40.3%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kiwirrkurra, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 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 Kiwirrkurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522034/kiwirrkurra/topic/family-households