2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kennett River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kennett River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 32% of people live alone in Kennett River, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a diverse mix of living arrangements, where small single-person households are as common as larger family homes.
2.3
—
- 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 Kennett River — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with a typical size of 2.3 people. This is a little below the figure for both Victoria and Australia, driven largely by the high number of single-person households.
32.1% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kennett River splits fairly evenly between 1 person (29%) and 4 people (29%), with 2 people at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 66.7% of the total. In contrast, one-parent families are much less common at 8.9%, which is well below the state and national figures.
8.9% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kennett River, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Kennett River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21325/kennett-river/topic/family-households