2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Red Rock · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Red Rock
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Red Rock are couples with children, making it the most common household type. While families are a core part of the area, there is also a very high number of people living on their own compared to other similar places.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Red Rock — lower than 76% of areas.
| Red Rock | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2456, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 32.9% of households are people living alone, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
32.9% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Red Rock, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.8% of families, while couples without children account for 36.5%. One-parent families make up 13.4%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.
13.4% ▼ -51.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Red Rock, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Red Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13347/red-rock/topic/family-households