1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Reddestone · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Reddestone — lower than 89% of areas.
| Reddestone | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2370, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
28.1% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Reddestone splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 15%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Reddestone, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
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