2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nerrina · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nerrina
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family sizes in Nerrina have remained steady since 2011, with a strong focus on larger households. This area is defined by a high proportion of couples with children, who make up 66.3% of all families.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Nerrina — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Nerrina holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 18.6% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
18.6% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nerrina, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type here. Only 8.7% of families are one-parent households, which is well below both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average.
8.7% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nerrina, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Nerrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21917/nerrina/topic/family-households