2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kerang · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Kerang
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Kerang, where nearly 40% of residents live alone. This means the typical home is smaller than in most other areas, a trend that has become more common over the last decade.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Kerang — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 39.3% of people live by themselves, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because so many people live alone, the typical home in Kerang holds only 2.1 people, down from 2.4 in 2011.
39.3% ▲ +39.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kerang splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents make up 17.5% of families, a figure well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. This proportion of one-parent families has remained steady since 2011.
17.5% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kerang, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Kerang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215041/kerang/topic/family-households