2.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Riverwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Riverwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Riverwood have remained remarkably steady since 2011, though the area stands out for its high number of single-person homes. While the typical home size mirrors the national average, the community has a much higher rate of one-parent families than most other areas.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Riverwood — lower than 57% of areas.
| Riverwood | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2210, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.6% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This is a high rate compared to most areas, despite a small 1.2 point drop since 2011. Most homes hold two or three people, with a typical size of 2.5 people per dwelling.
30.6% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Riverwood splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.1% of the total, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. This proportion is much higher than in most other areas and has barely changed over the last decade. More than half of all families are couples with children.
20.1% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Riverwood, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Riverwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119031373/riverwood/topic/family-households