Reddestone · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Reddestone

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer than two people live in the typical home in Reddestone, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This sparsely populated area has a high number of people living alone and a significant proportion of one-parent families.

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📍 Reddestone, Suburb / Locality

Where Reddestone sits — Average household size

1.9
  • 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 Reddestone — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Reddestone1.9
2370, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is more common here than in most areas, with 28.1% of households consisting of one person. This helps explain why the typical home in Reddestone has only 1.9 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.

1.9

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.7
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.1%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 43.5%
  • 2021: 28.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Reddestone splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Couples without children are the most common family type, accounting for 52.6% of families.

18.4%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 18.9%
  • 2021: 18.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Reddestone, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 31%.

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 Reddestone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13351/reddestone/topic/family-households