2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockingham · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Rockingham
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people per home are found in Rockingham than in most similar areas. This is a family-heavy region where 59% of households consist of couples with children. While the typical home size has edged down slightly since 2011, it remains a place where larger households are common.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Rockingham — higher than 79% of areas.
| Rockingham | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is much higher than in most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 23.3% of residents live alone, a figure that is a little below the national rate.
23.3% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rockingham, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.3% of the total, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. This proportion has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
16.3% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rockingham, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Rockingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57490/rockingham/topic/family-households