2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Riverside · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Riverside
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Riverside than in most other parts of the country, making it a place where most residents share their homes. With a typical household of 2.5 people, the area is strongly defined by couples and families.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Riverside — higher than 50% of areas.
| Riverside | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2444, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.0% of people live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25.0%. Most homes are occupied by two people (54.7%), while the typical household size of 2.5 is about the same as the national figure.
16.0% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Riverside, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 3 people is next at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 53.4%. One-parent families are much less common here at 7.2%, a figure well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
7.2% ▼ -47.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Riverside, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13382/riverside/topic/family-households