2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rookhurst · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rookhurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up the largest group in Rookhurst, accounting for 64.9% of all families. This creates a local family landscape that is quite different from the state and national norms, particularly with a much lower proportion of single-parent homes.
2.4
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- 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 Rookhurst — lower than 57% of areas.
| Rookhurst | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2422, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in the area typically house 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the national figure of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Rookhurst, 2 people is the majority at 80%; 1 person is next at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 8.1% of the total, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. The rest of the family mix consists of couples with children (21.6%) and couples without children (64.9%).
8.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rookhurst, Couples without children is the majority at 69%; Couples with children is next at 23%.
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 Rookhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13408/rookhurst/topic/family-households