3.2 ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockbank - Mount Cottrell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 73% of families in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, marking it as a major hub for family life. This area is defined by large households and a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
3.2
▲ +18.5%
- 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 Rockbank - Mount Cottrell — higher than 94% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure, with a typical size of 3.2 people. This is among the highest in the region and has grown since 2011, while the share of people living alone has plummeted to just 13.6%.
13.6% ▼ -50.8%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rockbank - Mount Cottrell splits fairly evenly between 4 people (24%) and 2 people (23%), with 3 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.3% of the local total, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. This is a notable drop from 2011, when these families accounted for 15.5% of the area.
9.3% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Rockbank - Mount Cottrell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213041359/rockbank-mount-cottrell/topic/family-households