2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ross · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Ross
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 29% of people in Ross live on their own, a figure well above the national average. This makes single-person households a common sight in the area, though the typical home still holds about 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Ross — lower than 57% of areas.
| Ross | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 0873, NT | 2.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are much more common here than in most other areas, though this figure fell slightly since 2011. Most households consist of two people (31.5%) or one person (28.9%), and the typical home size is about the same as the national figure.
28.9% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ross splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families in Ross are couples with children (53.6%). One-parent families make up 16.5% of the total, which is a little above the national figure and rose 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
16.5% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ross, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Ross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702011051/ross/topic/family-households