Pet Ownership 2016

Here are a few snippets from the 2016 Animal Medicines Australia report:

  • In Australia there are 23.77million humans & 24 milliion pets
  • 62% of Australian households have pets
  • There is an average of 1.3 dogs and 1.4 cats per houshold
  • 38% of households have dogs and 29% have cats
  •  3% of households owned another type of pet such as a horse, goat, hermit crab or sheep
  • 2.3million households own more than one type of pet
  • 65% of Victorian households have a pet
  • 40% of Victorians own a dog and 34% of Victorians own a cat
  • 65% of pet owners are female
  • 12% of households keep fish with an average of 8 fish per household
  • 12% keep birds with an average of 3.9 birds per household
  • 3% keep reptiles with an average of 1.7 per household
  • 3% keep small mammals with an average of 1.9 per household