2.8 ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rowville - Central · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Rowville - Central
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are a defining feature of daily life in Rowville - Central, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than in most other areas and sits above the national figure of 2.5.
2.8
▼ -9.7%
- 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 Rowville - Central — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 21.8% of households containing four people and 6.7% containing five. Only 17% of residents live alone, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
17.0% ▲ +25.0%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rowville - Central, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, making up 65.3% of the total. One-parent families account for 11.2%, a figure that is lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2011.
11.2% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rowville - Central, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; 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 Rowville - Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011256/rowville-central/topic/family-households