2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rutherglen · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Rutherglen
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of families in Rutherglen are couples with children. This makes the area a family-oriented hub, though it also has a notably high number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Rutherglen — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 29.2% of people live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This trend helps explain why the typical home in Rutherglen has only 2.3 people, a number that is a little below the national average and has edged down since 2011.
29.2% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rutherglen, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.2% of families, while couples without children account for 34.9%. One-parent families represent 13.7% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.7% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rutherglen, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Rutherglen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204021065/rutherglen/topic/family-households