2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rock Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rock Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of one-parent families defines the daily life of Rock Valley, where 15.8% of families fit this description. This is much higher than in most similar areas, while the typical home holds about 2.4 people.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 Rock Valley — lower than 57% of areas.
| Rock Valley | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.9% of people here live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. Most dwellings are small, with 50.5% of households containing just two people.
23.9% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rock Valley, 2 people is the majority at 50%; 1 person is next at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.8% of the area, a little above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 43.2%.
15.8% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Rock Valley splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Rock Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13393/rock-valley/topic/family-households