2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Rocks
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher number of people per home than the national figure defines the family life in North Rocks. This area is heavily dominated by couples with children, who make up 67.8% of all families.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is North Rocks — higher than 81% of areas.
| North Rocks | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2151, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with a typical 2.9 people per dwelling. This helps explain why only 14.3% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% national figure.
14.3% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In North Rocks, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 67.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 9.5% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.5% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Rocks, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 North Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13013/north-rocks/topic/family-households