2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockingham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Rockingham
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 40% of people live alone in Rockingham, which is far above the state and national figures. This means the area has a very high number of single-person households. As a result, the typical home here is much smaller than in other parts of the country.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Rockingham — lower than 93% of areas.
| Rockingham | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6168, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home have edged down to 2.0, a figure well below the Western Australian and Australian average of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person homes, which rose to 40.8% since 2011.
40.8% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rockingham, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 1.6 percentage points over the last decade.
17.3% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rockingham, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (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 Rockingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051188/rockingham/topic/family-households