2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Killarney · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Killarney
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Killarney compared to most similar areas, with a typical household size of 2.6 people. This makes the area feel more family-oriented than the state and national averages, where single-person homes are more common.
2.6
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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 Killarney — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 20% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national figure. Most homes here house two people (45.1%), contributing to a household size that is slightly higher than the Victorian average.
19.7% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Killarney, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 48.2%. One-parent families account for 11.4% of the total, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
11.4% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Killarney, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Killarney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21348/killarney/topic/family-households