Rockley Mount · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Rockley Mount

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 61.8% of families in Rockley Mount, the most common arrangement in the area. This is a place where almost every home contains multiple people, with the typical household size sitting well above the national figure.

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📍 Rockley Mount, Suburb / Locality

Where Rockley Mount sits — Average household size

3.1
  • 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 Rockley Mount — higher than 88% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Rockley Mount3.1
2795, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than most, with 3.1 people per household and no one living alone. This is far below the 25.6% of Australians who live by themselves.

3.1

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.2
  • 2021: 3.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Rockley Mount, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 10.3% of the local total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.

10.3%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 10.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Rockley Mount, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 27%.

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 Mount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13396/rockley-mount/topic/family-households