2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ryde · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Ryde
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in Ryde since 2011, with this group now making up 26.5% of all households. This shift comes as the area remains largely family-oriented, with 61.1% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Ryde — higher than 71% of areas.
| Ryde | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.5 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the national figure. Two-person households are the most common at 32.6%, while those with five people make up 5.3%.
26.5% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ryde, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.4% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 61.1%, followed by couples without children at 27%.
10.4% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ryde, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16700/ryde/topic/family-households