2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rushworth · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Rushworth
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Rushworth than in most similar areas. Small households are the norm here, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Rushworth — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 33.1% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why homes here are smaller than most, with 40.4% of households containing only two people.
33.1% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rushworth, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43.4% of families, while 14.6% are one-parent families. This last group is more common here than in most similar areas and has grown by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
14.6% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Rushworth splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Rushworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216011410/rushworth/topic/family-households