2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Riverwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Riverwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well over 30% of people in Riverwood live on their own, which is much higher than the national figure. This creates a distinct mix of living arrangements, where many single-person households sit alongside a large number of families with children.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Riverwood — higher than 50% of areas.
| Riverwood | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2210, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.2% of people here live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%. Despite this, the typical home size of 2.5 people is about the same as the Australian average.
30.2% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Riverwood splits fairly evenly between 1 person (30%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.6% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a high proportion compared to most other similar areas, though over half of all families are couples with children.
19.6% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Riverwood, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Riverwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13386/riverwood/topic/family-households