2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rockley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of people in Rockley live alone, which is well above the national figure. This means a large portion of the community lives independently, contributing to smaller typical households across the area.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Rockley — lower than 76% of areas.
| Rockley | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Rockley are smaller than usual, with only 2.2 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of single-person homes, which make up 31.2% of all households.
31.2% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rockley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families here are couples with children, while 40% are couples without. One-parent families make up 14.8% of the total, a figure slightly higher than the state and national averages.
14.8% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rockley, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Rockley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13395/rockley/topic/family-households