3.1 ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Keerrong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Keerrong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Keerrong compared to the rest of the country, with only 7.1% of households being single-person homes. This contrast helps explain why the area has a high number of people living in each house. Most homes here are occupied by families with children.
3.1
▲ +10.7%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Keerrong — higher than 88% of areas.
| Keerrong | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Keerrong is larger than average, with 3.1 people per dwelling. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, and reflects the fact that 42.9% of households contain two people and 23.8% contain four.
7.1% ▼ -65.3%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Keerrong, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 56.5% of the local mix. One-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas, at 17.4%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
17.4% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Keerrong, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; One-parent families is next at 18%.
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 Keerrong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12091/keerrong/topic/family-households