2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nerrena · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nerrena
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 60.2% of families in Nerrena, making it a strong hub for family life. Most homes here hold more people than the national typical, with a very low number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 Nerrena — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Nerrena hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the Victorian figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 14.5%, which is far below the national average of 25.6%.
14.5% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nerrena, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.7% of the local total, a figure that is well below both the state (13.3%) and national (14.1%) averages. The rest of the community is dominated by couples, with 29.6% having no children.
9.7% ▲ +27.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nerrena, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Nerrena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21915/nerrena/topic/family-households