2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rockdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Rockdale consist of couples with children. This is the most common family type in the area, contributing to a trend where homes are slightly more crowded than the national typical figure.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Rockdale — higher than 57% of areas.
| Rockdale | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2216, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Rockdale typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. About 23.7% of residents live alone, a figure that is a little below the national average of 25.6%.
23.7% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rockdale, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.3% of families here, while 30.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 11.9%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
11.9% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rockdale, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Rockdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13394/rockdale/topic/family-households