2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kerry · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kerry
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Kerry than in most similar areas, with a typical household of 2.6 people. This is a family-focused community where only 18.8% of homes are occupied by a single person, a figure well below the national average.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Kerry — higher than 57% of areas.
| Kerry | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4285, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly half of all households consist of two people. Only 18.8% of residents live alone, which is well below the Queensland figure of 24.7% and the Australian average of 25.6%.
18.8% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kerry, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.5% of families here. One-parent families account for just 9.2%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.2% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kerry, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Kerry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31516/kerry/topic/family-households