2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rollands Plains · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger home sizes define daily life in Rollands Plains, where the typical household holds 2.7 people. This is higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where far fewer people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Rollands Plains — higher than 71% of areas.
| Rollands Plains | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2441, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 19.0% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the area has more people per home than most, with 48.3% of households consisting of two people.
2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
19.0% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Rollands Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 3 people (17%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.3% of families, while 42.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.4%, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
10.4% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Rollands Plains splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 11%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Rollands Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13407/rollands-plains/topic/family-households