2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Riddells Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Riddells Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Riddells Creek than in most other areas, with only 16.3% of households consisting of one person. This is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Instead, the area is defined by larger households and a strong presence of families with children.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Riddells Creek — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. While 35.5% of households have two people, the number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
16.3% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Riddells Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.4%, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas. At 10.0%, this is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.0% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Riddells Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Riddells Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210021234/riddells-creek/topic/family-households