Kerrie · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kerrie

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 53.5% of families in Kerrie, marking it as a place where family life is central. While home sizes are typical for the region, the area has a very low number of single-parent households compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Kerrie, Suburb / Locality

Where Kerrie sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Kerrie — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kerrie2.4
3434, VIC 2.7
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Kerrie holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Around 22.2% of households consist of one person, a rate that is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

22.2%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.0%
  • 2021: 22.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Kerrie, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 1 person (20%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families here are almost exclusively couples, with 53.5% having children and 47.9% without. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the 14.1% national average.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Kerrie, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 47%.

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 Kerrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21333/kerrie/topic/family-households