2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kerrisdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kerrisdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Kerrisdale than is typical for Victoria or Australia. The area is marked by a high number of small households, with 28.1% of people living alone.
2.1
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- 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 Kerrisdale — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the high proportion of single-person households, which is higher than most areas.
28.1% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kerrisdale, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families at 50.8%. One-parent families account for 8.5% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
8.5% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kerrisdale, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 Kerrisdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21334/kerrisdale/topic/family-households